Buntings, Sparrows, and Allies
Order: Passeriformes. Family: Emberizidae
The emberizids 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.
- Tepui Brush-Finch Atlapetes personatus (A)
- Pectoral Sparrow Arremon taciturnus
- Grassland Sparrow Ammodramus humeralis
- Rufous-collared Sparrow Zonotrichia capensis
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