bird · Passeriformes · Emberizidae

Cape Bunting

Emberiza capensis Linnaeus, 1767 — also called CABU. Occurrence records of the Cape Bunting are shared on GBIF from around 89 parks and reserves in the directory, most of all Table Mountain National Park (1 403 records), in 7 provinces.

IUCN: Least concernEmberizidae

89reserves with records

14 718records around them

7provinces

LCIUCN category

Cape Bunting (Emberiza capensis) — Photo: Todd Boland from St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where it is recorded

Reserve	Province	Records
Table Mountain National ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	1 403
Langebaan Lagoon Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	889
West Coast National ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	830
Mountain Zebra National ParkNational park	EC Eastern Cape	722
CederbergProtected area	WC Western Cape	645
Cederberg Wilderness AreaProtected area	WC Western Cape	636
Karoo National ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	602
Koeberg Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	601
Suikerbosrant Nature ReserveNature reserve	GP Gauteng	541
Augrabies Falls National ParkNational park	NC Northern Cape	491
De Hoop Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	489
Cape Point Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	465
Betty's Bay Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	418
Matjiesrivier Nature ReserveProtected area	WC Western Cape	416
Stony Point Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	396
Stony Point Penguin ColonyNature reserve	WC Western Cape	396
Golden Gate Highlands National ParkNational park	FS Free State	328
Rocherpan Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	287
Silvermine Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	276
Baviaanskloof Mega ReserveProtected area	EC Eastern Cape	259
Jock's BayNature reserve	WC Western Cape	259
Boulders Penguin ColonyGame reserve	WC Western Cape	246
Muizenberg CaveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	242
St. James SpringNature reserve	WC Western Cape	230
Tswalu Kalahari ReserveGame reserve	NC Northern Cape	227
West Coast Fossil ParkProtected heritage site	WC Western Cape	200
Lion's Head Hiking TrailNature reserve	WC Western Cape	187
Pauline Bohnen Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	169
Paternoster MiddenProtected heritage site	WC Western Cape	142
Kogelberg Nature ReserveProtected area	WC Western Cape	140
Postberg Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	122
Ramskop Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	106
Boland Mountain ComplexProtected area	WC Western Cape	102
Akkerendam Nature ReserveNature reserve	NC Northern Cape	98
Goegap Nature ReserveNature reserve	NC Northern Cape	97
Lutzville Conservation AreaNature reserve	WC Western Cape	74
Darling Renosterveld ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	71
Sixteen Mile Beach Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	66
Marakele National ParkNational park	LP Limpopo	60
Verloren Valei Nature ReserveProtected area	MP Mpumalanga	58
Ceres Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	52
Agulhas National ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	51
Lambert’s Bay Bird Island Nature ReserveGame reserve	WC Western Cape	46
Vrolijkheid Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	42
Garden Route Safari CampPrivate game reserve	WC Western Cape	36
Cape Columbine Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	35
Aquila Safari Reserve DirectionsPrivate game reserve	WC Western Cape	32
Aquila Private Game ReservePrivate game reserve	WC Western Cape	32
Rocherpan Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	29
Wild Rescue Nature ReserveGame reserve	WC Western Cape	25
Jukani Predator ParkNature reserve	WC Western Cape	24
BeaverlacNature reserve	WC Western Cape	23
Blyderivierspoort NatuurreservaatNature reserve	MP Mpumalanga	22
Boosmansbos Wilderness AreaProtected area	WC Western Cape	21
Clarens Village Nature ReserveNature reserve	FS Free State	20
Alice Glockner Nature ReserveProtected area	GP Gauteng	19
Kwandwe Private Game ReserveGame reserve	EC Eastern Cape	18
Hopefield Private Nature ReservePrivate game reserve	WC Western Cape	18
QwaQwa National ParkNational park	FS Free State	17
Drie Kuilen Private Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	16

and 29 more reserves with fewer records.

By province

Western Cape: 65 reserves
Northern Cape: 7 reserves
Free State: 6 reserves
Eastern Cape: 5 reserves
Mpumalanga: 3 reserves
Gauteng: 2 reserves
Limpopo: 1 reserve

Taxonomy

Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Emberizidae
Scientific name: Emberiza capensis
GBIF taxon: 2491596
Wikidata: Q3726265

More of the Emberizidae family

Golden-breasted Bunting Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Lark-like Bunting

Source: GBIF.org occurrence records within the radius of each reserve's point; taxonomy and IUCN category from the GBIF backbone; photo from Wikimedia Commons, credit on the picture. Records near a reserve do not prove the species lives inside it.