He used the French name L'ortolan du Cap de Bonne Espérance and the Latin Hortulanus capitis bonae spei.

[2] Although Brisson coined Latin names, these do not conform to the binomial system and are not recognised by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature.

[3] When in 1766 the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus updated his Systema Naturae for the twelfth edition, he added 240 species that had been previously described by Brisson.

It has reduced chestnut on the wing coverts and has sometimes been raised to species status as Vincent's bunting, Emberiza vincenti.

Young birds have duller chestnut wings, a less distinct head pattern, and heavier streaking extending on to the breast and flanks.