List of Birds of Guatemala - 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.

• Common Bush Tanager Chlorospingus flavopectus
• Blue-black Grassquit Volatinia jacarina
• Slate-colored Seedeater Sporophila schistacea
• Variable Seedeater Sporophila corvina
• White-collared Seedeater Sporophila torqueola
• Ruddy-breasted Seedeater Sporophila minuta
• Thick-billed Seed-Finch Oryzoborus funereus
• Yellow-faced Grassquit Tiaris olivaceus
• Slaty Finch Haplospiza rustica
• Cinnamon-bellied Flowerpiercer Diglossa baritula
• Grassland Yellow-Finch Sicalis luteola
• Chestnut-capped Brush-Finch Arremon brunneinucha
• Orange-billed Sparrow Arremon aurantiirostris
• Olive Sparrow Arremonops rufivirgatus
• Green-backed Sparrow Arremonops chloronotus
• White-naped Brush-Finch Atlapetes albinucha
• Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
• Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
• Rusty Sparrow Aimophila rufescens
• White-eared Ground-Sparrow Melozone leucotis
• Prevost's Ground-Sparrow Melozone biarcuata
• Stripe-headed Sparrow Peucaea ruficauda
• Botteri's Sparrow Peucaea botterii
• Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
• Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida (A)
• Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus (A)
• Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus (A)
• Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
• Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
• Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
• Rufous-collared Sparrow Zonotrichia capensis
• Yellow-eyed Junco Junco phaeonotus