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.
- Common Bush-Tanager Chlorospingus ophthalmicus
- Blue-black Grassquit Volatinia jacarina
- Variable Seedeater Sporophila corvina
- White-collared Seedeater Sporophila torqueola
- Ruddy-breasted Seedeater Sporophila minuta
- Nicaraguan Seed-Finch Oryzoborus nuttingi
- Thick-billed Seed-Finch Oryzoborus funereus
- Blue Seedeater Amaurospiza concolor
- Yellow-faced Grassquit Tiaris olivacea
- Slaty Finch Haplospiza rustica
- Cinnamon-bellied Flowerpiercer Diglossa baritula
- Grassland Yellow-Finch Sicalis luteola
- White-naped Brush-Finch Atlapetes albinucha
- Chestnut-capped Brush-Finch Buarremon brunneinucha
- Orange-billed Sparrow Arremon aurantiirostris
- Olive Sparrow Arremonops rufivirgatus
- Black-striped Sparrow Arremonops conirostris
- Prevost's Ground-Sparrow Melozone biarcuatum
- White-eared Ground-Sparrow Melozone leucotis
- Stripe-headed Sparrow Aimophila ruficauda
- Botteri's Sparrow Aimophila botterii
- Rusty Sparrow Aimophila rufescens
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Rufous-collared Sparrow Zonotrichia capensis
- Volcano Junco Junco vulcani
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