Sparrows
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
- Variable Seedeater Sporophila corvina
- White-collared Seedeater Sporophila torqueola
- Ruddy-breasted Seedeater Sporophila minuta
- Thick-billed Seed-Finch Oryzoborus funereus
- Blue Seedeater Amaurospiza concolor
- Yellow-faced Grassquit Tiaris olivacea
- Slaty Finch Haplospiza rustica
- Cinnamon-bellied Flowerpiercer Diglossa baritula
- Grassland Yellow-Finch Sicalis luteola
- White-naped Brush Finch Atlapetes albinucha
- Rufous-capped Brush Finch Atlapetes pileatus (E)
- Chestnut-capped Brush Finch Buarremon brunneinucha
- Green-striped Brush Finch Buarremon virenticeps (E)
- Orange-billed Sparrow Arremon aurantiirostris
- Olive Sparrow Arremonops rufivirgatus
- Green-backed Sparrow Arremonops chloronotus
- Rusty-crowned Ground-Sparrow Melozone kieneri (E)
- Prevost's Ground-Sparrow Melozone biarcuatum
- White-eared Ground-Sparrow Melozone leucotis
- California Towhee Melozone crissalis
- Canyon Towhee Melozone fuscus
- White-throated Towhee Melozone albicollis (E)
- Green-tailed Towhee Pipilo chlorurus
- Collared Towhee Pipilo ocai (E)
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- Socorro Towhee Pipilo maculatus socorroensis (E)
- Bridled Sparrow Peucaea mystacalis (E)
- Black-chested Sparrow Peucaea humeralis (E)
- Stripe-headed Sparrow Peucaea ruficauda
- Cinnamon-tailed Sparrow Peucaea sumichrasti (E)
- Botteri's Sparrow Peucaea botterii
- Cassin's Sparrow Peucaea cassinii
- Rufous-winged Sparrow Peucaea carpalis
- Rufous-crowned Sparrow Aimophila ruficeps
- Oaxaca Sparrow Aimophila notosticta (E)
- Rusty Sparrow Aimophila rufescens
- Striped Sparrow Oriturus superciliosus (E)
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Brewer's Sparrow Spizella breweri
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Worthen's Sparrow Spizella wortheni (E)
- Black-chinned Sparrow Spizella atrogularis
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Five-striped Sparrow Amphispiza quinquestriata
- Black-throated Sparrow Amphispiza bilineata
- Sage Sparrow Artemisiospiza belli
- Lark Bunting Calamospiza melanocorys
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Seaside Sparrow Ammodramus maritimus (A)
- Nelson's Sparrow Ammodramus nelsoni
- Le Conte's Sparrow Ammodramus leconteii (A)
- Baird's Sparrow Ammodramus bairdii
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Sierra Madre Sparrow Xenospiza baileyi (E)
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla
- Rufous-collared Sparrow Zonotrichia capensis
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Yellow-eyed Junco Junco phaeonotus
- Guadalupe Junco Junco insularis (E)
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Mexico
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“And now the sparrows warring in the eaves,
The curd-pale moon, the white stars in the sky,
And the loud chaunting of the unquiet leaves,
Are shaken with earth’s old and weary cry.”
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