List of Birds of China - 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 32 species which occur in China.

• Przevalski's Rosefinch Urocynchramus pylzowi (E)
• Crested Bunting Melophus lathami
• Slaty Bunting Latoucheornis siemsseni (E)
• Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
• Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos
• Tibetan Bunting Emberiza koslowi (E)
• Rock Bunting Emberiza cia
• Godlewski's Bunting Emberiza godlewskii
• Meadow Bunting Emberiza cioides
• Rufous-backed Bunting Emberiza jankowskii
• Gray-hooded Bunting Emberiza buchanani
• Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana
• Chestnut-breasted Bunting Emberiza stewarti
• 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
• Yellow Bunting Emberiza sulphurata
• Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala
• Gray Bunting Emberiza variabilis (A)
• Pallas's Bunting Emberiza pallasi
• Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
• Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
• Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
• Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis