List of Birds of Russia - 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. There are species 275 worldwide and 36 species which occur in Russia.

• Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
• Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos
• Rock Bunting Emberiza cia
• Godlewski's Bunting Emberiza godlewskii
• Meadow Bunting Emberiza cioides
• Rufous-backed Bunting Emberiza jankowskii
• Gray-hooded Bunting Emberiza buchanani
• Cinereous Bunting Emberiza cineracea
• Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana
• Ochre-rumped Bunting Emberiza yessoensis
• Tristram's Bunting Emberiza tristrami
• Chestnut-eared Bunting Emberiza fucata
• Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
• Yellow-browed Bunting Emberiza chrysophrys
• Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica
• Yellow-throated Bunting Emberiza elegans
• Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola
• Chestnut Bunting Emberiza rutila
• Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala
• Red-headed Bunting Emberiza bruniceps
• Yellow Bunting Emberiza sulphurata
• Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala
• Gray Bunting Emberiza variabilis
• Pallas's Bunting Emberiza pallasi
• Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
• Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
• American Tree Sparrow Spizella arborea
• Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
• Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
• Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
• White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
• Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla
• Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
• Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
• Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
• McKay's Bunting Plectrophenax hyperboreus