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.
- Yellow-faced Grassquit Tiaris olivacea
- Black-faced Grassquit Tiaris bicolor
- Greater Antillean Bullfinch Loxigilla violacea
- Saffron Finch Sicalis flaveola (A)
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis (A)
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia (A)
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii (A)
- Rufous-collared Sparrow Zonotrichia capensis
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