List of Birds of Ecuador - Buntings, Sparrows, and Allies

Buntings, Sparrows, and Allies

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. There are 78 species which have been recorded in Ecuador.

• Common Bush-Tanager Chlorospingus flavopectus
• Dusky Bush-Tanager Chlorospingus semifuscus
• Short-billed Bush-Tanager Chlorospingus parvirostris
• Yellow-throated Bush-Tanager Chlorospingus flavigularis
• Yellow-green Bush-Tanager Chlorospingus flavovirens
• Ashy-throated Bush-Tanager Chlorospingus canigularis
• Pale-naped Brush Finch Atlapetes pallidinucha
• Rufous-naped Brush Finch Atlapetes latinuchus
• Slaty Brush Finch Atlapetes schistaceus
• White-rimmed Brush Finch Atlapetes leucopis
• Tricolored Brush Finch Atlapetes tricolor
• Bay-crowned Brush Finch Atlapetes seebohmi
• White-winged Brush Finch Atlapetes leucopterus
• White-headed Brush Finch Atlapetes albiceps
• Pale-headed Brush Finch Atlapetes pallidiceps (E)
• Chestnut-capped Brush Finch Arremon brunneinucha
• White-browed Brush Finch Arremon torquatus
• Olive Finch Arremon castaneiceps
• Orange-billed Sparrow Arremon aurantiirostris
• Black-capped Sparrow Arremon abeillei
• Black-striped Sparrow Arremonops conirostris
• Tumbes Sparrow Aimophila stolzmanni
• Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
• Yellow-browed Sparrow Ammodramus aurifrons
• Rufous-collared Sparrow Zonotrichia capensis