List of Birds of El Salvador - Buntings, Sparrows, Seedeaters and Allies

Buntings, Sparrows, Seedeaters 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.

  • Blue-black Grassquit Volatinia jacarina
  • Variable Seedeater Sporophila corvina
  • White-collared Seedeater Sporophila torqueola
  • Ruddy-breasted Seedeater Sporophila minuta
  • Blue Seedeater Amaurospiza concolor
  • Yellow-faced Grassquit Tiaris olivacea
  • Slaty Finch Haplospiza rustica
  • Cinnamon-bellied Flowerpiercer Diglossa baritula
  • White-naped Brush-Finch Atlapetes albinucha
  • Chestnut-capped Brush-Finch Buarremon brunneinucha
  • Prevost's Ground-Sparrow Melozone biarcuatum
  • White-eared Ground-Sparrow Melozone leucotis
  • Stripe-headed Sparrow Aimophila ruficauda
  • Rusty Sparrow Aimophila rufescens
  • Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
  • Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus (A)
  • Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
  • Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
  • Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
  • Rufous-collared Sparrow Zonotrichia capensis

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