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 18 species which occur in Germany.
- Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
- Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos (A)
- Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus
- Rock Bunting Emberiza cia
- Cinereous Bunting Emberiza cineracea (A)
- Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana
- Cretzschmar's Bunting Emberiza caesia (A)
- Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla (A)
- Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica (A)
- Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola (A)
- Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala (A)
- Red-headed Bunting Emberiza bruniceps (A)
- Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala (A)
- Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
- Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca (A)
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
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