A correction actually on the postscript in my prior post, regarding a species seen in China… repeating an odd mis-speaking done when on the trip, the rarest of Emberiza Buntings seen was not “Kozlowski’s” which was an odd take on a species not seen this trip, and not related to the Emberizid buntings (Kozlov’s Accentor), but rather was (on this trip) the very endangered Jankowski’s Bunting - which I was able to locate for the group, on going alongside the expert local guide-researcher for this species in far northern China’s region of Manchuria. It is probably the rarest member of the genus, although the guide we were with hopes to keep surveying &, with luck, may find some further, isolated & modest new populations in that general area. We eventually saw as many as 5 of the species in a patch of scrub habitat that could be walked in a few hours, so perhaps saw as much as 10% of the known population. Hopefully, more are discovered, and that habitat given real protection.
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