Buntings, Grassquits and American Sparrows
Order: Passeriformes. Family: Emberizidae
The Emberizidae 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.
- Yellow-faced Grassquit, Tiaris olivaceus (I)
- Saffron Finch, Sicalis flaveola (I)
- Red-crested Cardinal, Paroaria coronata (I)
- Yellow-billed Cardinal, Paroaria capitata (I)
- Savannah Sparrow, Passerculus sandwichensis (A)
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Hawaii
Famous quotes containing the words american and/or sparrows:
“We are now in the Me Decade—seeing the upward roll of ... the third great religious wave in American history.”
—Tom Wolfe (b. 1931)
“The wild beasts, sparrows pecking the llamas’ grain,
Pigeons settling on the bears’ bread, buzzards
Tearing the meat the flies have clouded. . . .”
—Randall Jarrell (1914–1965)