Emberizidae

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The Emberizidae are a large family of passerine birds.

They are seed-eating birds with a distinctively shaped bill. In Europe, most species are named as buntings.

The Emberizidae family probably originated in South America and spread first into North America before crossing into eastern Asia and continuing to move west. This explains the paucity of emberizid species in Europe and Africa when compared to the Americas.

In North America, most of the species in this family are known as Sparrows, but these birds are not closely related to the Old World sparrows which are in the family Passeridae. The family also includes the North American birds known as juncos and towhees.

Their habits are similar to those of finches, with which they sometimes used to be grouped. Older sources may place some emberizids in the Fringillidae, and the common names of some emberizids still refer to them as finches.

Many emberizid species have distinctive head patterns.

The following list gives the various groups of the Emberizidae, with all species listed those groups which do not yet have their own separate articles.

Family: Emberizidae
* buntings
**Przevalski's Rosefinch, Urocynchramus pylzowi
**Coal-crested Finch, Charitospiza eucosma
**Black-masked Finch, Coryphaspiza melanotis
**Many-colored Chaco Finch, Saltatricula multicolor
**Pileated Finch, Coryphospingus pileatus
**Red-crested Finch, Coryphospingus cucullatus
**Crimson-breasted Finch, Rhodospingus cruentus
* sierra finches
**Black-hooded Sierra Finch, Phrygilus atriceps
**Peruvian Sierra Finch, Phrygilus punensis
**Gray-hooded Sierra Finch, Phrygilus gayi
**Patagonian Sierra Finch, Phrygilus patagonicus
**Mourning Sierra Finch, Phrygilus fruticeti
**Plumbeous Sierra Finch, Phrygilus unicolor
**Red-backed Sierra Finch, Phrygilus dorsalis
**White-throated Sierra Finch, Phrygilus erythronotus
**Carbonated Sierra Finch, Phrygilus carbonarius
**Band-tailed Sierra Finch, Phrygilus alaudinus
**Ash-breasted Sierra Finch, Phrygilus plebejus
**Canary-winged Finch, Melanodera melanodera
**Yellow-bridled Finch, Melanodera xanthogramma
**Black-crested Finch, Lophospingus pusillus
**Gray-crested Finch, Lophospingus griseocristatus
**Long-tailed Reed Finch, Donacospiza albifrons
**Gough Island Finch, Rowettia goughensis
**Nightingale Finch, Nesospiza acunhae
**Wilkins' Finch, Nesospiza wilkinsi
**White-winged Diuca Finch, Diuca speculifera
**Common Diuca Finch, Diuca diuca
**Short-tailed Finch, Idiopsar brachyurus
**Cinereous Finch, Piezorhina cinerea
**Slender-billed Finch, Xenospingus concolor
**Great Inca Finch, Incaspiza pulchra
**Rufous-backed Inca Finch, Incaspiza personata
**Gray-winged Inca Finch, Incaspiza ortizi
**Buff-bridled Inca Finch, Incaspiza laeta
**Little Inca Finch, Incaspiza watkinsi
**Bay-chested Warbling Finch, Poospiza thoracica
**Bolivian Warbling Finch, Poospiza boliviana
**Plain-tailed Warbling Finch, Poospiza alticola
**Rufous-sided Warbling Finch, Poospiza hypochondria
**Cinnamon Warbling Finch, Poospiza ornata
**Rusty-browed Warbling Finch, Poospiza erythrophrys
**Black-and-rufous Warbling Finch, Poospiza nigrorufa
**Black-and-chestnut Warbling Finch, Poospiza whitii
**Red-rumped Warbling Finch, Poospiza lateralis
**Rufous-breasted Warbling Finch, Poospiza rubecula
**Cochabamba Mountain Finch, Poospiza garleppi
**Tucuman Mountain Finch, Poospiza baeri
**Chestnut-breasted Mountain Finch, Poospiza caesar
**Collared Warbling Finch, Poospiza hispaniolensis
**Ringed Warbling Finch, Poospiza torquata
**Black-capped Warbling Finch, Poospiza melanoleuca
**Cinereous Warbling Finch, Poospiza cinerea
**Blue-black Grassquit, Volatinia jacarina
* seedeaters
**Buffy-fronted Seedeater, Sporophila frontalis
**Temminck's Seedeater, Sporophila falcirostris
**Slate-colored Seedeater, Sporophila schistacea
**Plumbeous Seedeater, Sporophila plumbea
**Caqueta Seedeater, Sporophila murallae
**Gray Seedeater, Sporophila intermedia
**Wing-barred Seedeater, Sporophila americana
**Variable Seedeater, Sporophila corvina
**White-collared Seedeater, Sporophila torqueola
**Rusty-collared Seedeater, Sporophila collaris
**Lesson's Seedeater, Sporophila bouvronides
**Lined Seedeater, Sporophila lineola
**Black-and-white Seedeater, Sporophila luctuosa
**Yellow-bellied Seedeater, Sporophila nigricollis
**Dubois' Seedeater, Sporophila ardesiaca
**Hooded Seedeater, Sporophila melanops
**Double-collared Seedeater, Sporophila caerulescens
**White-throated Seedeater, Sporophila albogularis
**Drab Seedeater, Sporophila simplex
**White-bellied Seedeater, Sporophila leucoptera
**Parrot-billed Seedeater, Sporophila peruviana
**Black-and-tawny Seedeater, Sporophila nigrorufa
**Capped Seedeater, Sporophila bouvreuil
**Ruddy-breasted Seedeater, Sporophila minuta
**Tawny-bellied Seedeater, Sporophila hypoxantha
**Dark-throated Seedeater, Sporophila ruficollis
**Marsh Seedeater, Sporophila palustris
**Chestnut-bellied Seedeater, Sporophila castaneiventris
**Gray-and-chestnut Seedeater, Sporophila hypochroma
**Chestnut Seedeater, Sporophila cinnamomea
**Narosky's Seedeater, Sporophila zelichi
**Black-bellied Seedeater, Sporophila melanogaster
**Chestnut-throated Seedeater, Sporophila telasco
**Tumaco Seedeater, Sporophila insulata
**Nicaraguan Seed Finch, Oryzoborus nuttingi
**Large-billed Seed Finch, Oryzoborus crassirostris
**Black-billed Seed Finch, Oryzoborus atrirostris
**Great-billed Seed Finch, Oryzoborus maximiliani
**Chestnut-bellied Seed Finch, Oryzoborus angolensis
**Thick-billed Seed Finch, Oryzoborus funereus
**Blackish-blue Seedeater, Amaurospiza moesta
**Blue Seedeater, Amaurospiza concolor
**Carrizal Seedeater, Amaurospiza carrizalensis
**Cuban Bullfinch, Melopyrrha nigra
**White-naped Seedeater, Dolospingus fringilloides
**Band-tailed Seedeater, Catamenia analis
**Plain-colored Seedeater, Catamenia inornata
**Paramo Seedeater, Catamenia homochroa
**Dull-colored Grassquit, Tiaris obscura
**Cuban Grassquit, Tiaris canora
**Yellow-faced Grassquit, Tiaris olivacea
**Black-faced Grassquit, Tiaris bicolor
**Sooty Grassquit, Tiaris fuliginosa
**Yellow-shouldered Grassquit, Loxipasser anoxanthus
**Orangequit, Euneornis campestris
**St. Lucia Black Finch, Melanospiza richardsoni
**Puerto Rican Bullfinch, Loxigilla portoricensis
**Greater Antillean Bullfinch, Loxigilla violacea
**Lesser Antillean Bullfinch, Loxigilla noctis
**Cocos Island Finch, Pinaroloxias inornata
**Slaty Finch, Haplospiza rustica
**Uniform Finch, Haplospiza unicolor
**Peg-billed Finch, Acanthidops bairdii
* Flowerpiercers
**Cinnamon-bellied Flowerpiercer, Diglossa baritula
**Slaty Flowerpiercer, Diglossa plumbea
**Rusty Flowerpiercer, Diglossa sittoides
**Venezuelan Flowerpiercer, Diglossa venezuelensis
**Chestnut-bellied Flowerpiercer, Diglossa gloriosissima
**White-sided Flowerpiercer, Diglossa albilatera
**Glossy Flowerpiercer, Diglossa lafresnayii
**Moustached Flowerpiercer, Diglossa mystacalis
**Merida Flowerpiercer, Diglossa gloriosa
**Black Flowerpiercer, Diglossa humeralis
**Black-throated Flowerpiercer, Diglossa brunneiventris
**Gray-bellied Flowerpiercer, Diglossa carbonaria
**Scaled Flowerpiercer, Diglossa duidae
**Greater Flowerpiercer, Diglossa major
**Indigo Flowerpiercer, Diglossopis indigotica
**Deep-blue Flowerpiercer, Diglossopis glauca
**Bluish Flowerpiercer, Diglossopis caerulescens
**Masked Flowerpiercer, Diglossopis cyanea
**Puna Yellow Finch, Sicalis lutea
**Saffron Finch, Sicalis flaveola
**Grassland Yellow Finch, Sicalis luteola
**Stripe-tailed Yellow Finch, Sicalis citrina
**Bright-rumped Yellow Finch, Sicalis uropygialis
**Citron-headed Yellow Finch, Sicalis luteocephala
**Greater Yellow Finch, Sicalis auriventris
**Greenish Yellow Finch, Sicalis olivascens
**Patagonian Yellow Finch, Sicalis lebruni
**Orange-fronted Yellow Finch, Sicalis columbiana
**Raimondi's Yellow Finch, Sicalis raimondii
**Sulphur-throated Finch, Sicalis taczanowskii
**Wedge-tailed Grass Finch, Emberizoides herbicola
**Duida Grass Finch, Emberizoides duidae
**Lesser Grass Finch, Emberizoides ypiranganus
**Pale-throated Serra Finch, Embernagra longicauda
**Great Pampa Finch, Embernagra platensis
**Yellow Cardinal, Gubernatrix cristata
**Red-crested Cardinal, Paroaria coronata
**Red-cowled Cardinal, Paroaria dominicana
**Red-capped Cardinal, Paroaria gularis
**Crimson-fronted Cardinal, Paroaria baeri
**Yellow-billed Cardinal, Paroaria capitata
**Sooty-faced Finch, Lysurus crassirostris
**Olive Finch, Lysurus castaneiceps
**Yellow-thighed Finch, Pselliophorus tibialis
**Yellow-green Finch, Pselliophorus luteoviridis
**Large-footed Finch, Pezopetes capitalis
**White-naped Brush Finch, Atlapetes albinucha
**Pale-naped Brush Finch, Atlapetes pallidinucha
**Rufous-naped Brush Finch, Atlapetes rufinucha
**White-rimmed Brush Finch, Atlapetes leucopis
**Rufous-capped Brush Finch, Atlapetes pileatus
**Santa Marta Brush Finch, Atlapetes melanocephalus
**Olive-headed Brush Finch, Atlapetes flaviceps
**Dusky-headed Brush Finch, Atlapetes fuscoolivaceus
**Tricolored Brush Finch, Atlapetes tricolor
**Moustached Brush Finch, Atlapetes albofrenatus
**Slaty Brush Finch, Atlapetes schistaceus
**Bay-crowned Brush Finch, Atlapetes seebohmi
**Rusty-bellied Brush Finch, Atlapetes nationi
**White-winged Brush Finch, Atlapetes leucopterus
**White-headed Brush Finch, Atlapetes albiceps
**Pale-headed Brush Finch, Atlapetes pallidiceps
**Rufous-eared Brush Finch, Atlapetes rufigenis
**Black-spectacled Brush Finch, Atlapetes melanops
**Ochre-breasted Brush Finch, Atlapetes semirufus
**Fulvous-headed Brush Finch, Atlapetes fulviceps
**Tepui Brush Finch, Atlapetes personatus
**Yellow-striped Brush Finch, Atlapetes citrinellus
**Chestnut-capped Brush Finch, Buarremon brunneinucha
**Green-striped Brush Finch, Buarremon virenticeps
**Stripe-headed Brush Finch, Buarremon torquatus

Lapland Bunting

* American sparrows, including juncos and towhees
* Longspurs
**Large Ground Finch, Geospiza magnirostris
**Medium Ground Finch, Geospiza fortis
**Small Ground Finch, Geospiza fuliginosa
**Sharp-beaked Ground Finch, Geospiza difficilis
**Common Cactus Finch, Geospiza scandens
**Large Cactus Finch, Geospiza conirostris
**Vegetarian Finch, Camarhynchus crassirostris
**Mangrove Finch, Camarhynchus heliobates
**Large Tree Finch, Camarhynchus psittacula
**Small Tree Finch, Camarhynchus parvulus
**Medium Tree Finch, Camarhynchus pauper
**Woodpecker Finch, Camarhynchus pallidus
**Warbler Finch, Certhidea olivacea

External links

[Emberizidae videos] on the Internet Bird Collection

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