Crested Bunting

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Crested Bunting
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Emberizidae
Genus: Melophus
Swainson, 1837
Species: M. lathami
Binomial name
Melophus lathami
(Gray, 1831)

The Crested Bunting (Melophus lathami) is a species of bird in the Emberizidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Melophus. It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Burma, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand, and Vietnam.

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland.

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