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 25 species which occur in South Korea.
- Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella (A)
- Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos
- Meadow Bunting Emberiza cioides
- Rufous-backed Bunting Emberiza jankowskii
- Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana (A)
- 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 (A)
- Red-headed Bunting Emberiza bruniceps (A)
- Yellow Bunting Emberiza sulphurata
- Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala
- Gray Bunting Emberiza variabilis (A)
- Pallas's Bunting Emberiza pallasi
- Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis (A)
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys (A)
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis (A)
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of South Korea
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