American Sparrows, Yellow-finches and Honeycreepers
Order: Passeriformes. Family: Emberizidae
The emberizids 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. 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. Many emberizid species have distinctive head patterns.
- Common Bush-Tanager Chlorospingus ophthalmicus
- Blue-black Grassquit Volatinia jacarina
- Slate-colored Seedeater Sporophila schistacea
- Variable Seedeater Sporophila corvina
- White-collared Seedeater Sporophila torqueola
- Nicaraguan Seed-Finch Oryzoborus nuttingi
- Thick-billed Seed-Finch Oryzoborus funereus
- Blue Seedeater Amaurospiza concolor
- Yellow-faced Grassquit Tiaris olivacea (A)
- Grassland Yellow-Finch Sicalis luteola
- Orange-billed Sparrow Arremon aurantiirostris
- Olive Sparrow Arremonops rufivirgatus
- Green-backed Sparrow Arremonops chloronotus
- Botteri's Sparrow Aimophila botterii
- Rusty Sparrow Aimophila rufescens
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida (A)
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus (A)
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus (A)
- Lark Bunting Calamospiza melanocorys (A)
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys (A)
- Rufous-collared Sparrow Zonotrichia capensis
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