Buntings 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 about 329 species worldwide and 16 species which occur in Malta.
- Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella (A)
- Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos (A)
- Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus (A)
- Rock Bunting Emberiza cia (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)
- Chestnut Bunting Emberiza rutila (A)
- Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala (A)
- Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis (A)
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus (A)
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis (A)
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Malta
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