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 name | Binomial | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Blue-black Grassquit | Volatinia jacarina | |
| Slate-colored Seedeater | Sporophila schistacea | Trinidad only; Rare/Accidental |
| Gray Seedeater | Sporophila intermedia | Trinidad only |
| Wing-barred Seedeater | Sporophila americana | Tobago only |
| Lesson's Seedeater | Sporophila bouvronides | |
| Lined Seedeater | Sporophila lineola | Trinidad only |
| Yellow-bellied Seedeater | Sporophila nigricollis | |
| Ruddy-breasted Seedeater | Sporophila minuta | Trinidad only |
| Large-billed Seed-Finch | Oryzoborus crassirostris | Trinidad only |
| Great-billed Seed-Finch | Oryzoborus maximiliani | Trinidad only |
| Chestnut-bellied Seed-Finch | Oryzoborus angolensis | Trinidad only |
| Black-faced Grassquit | Tiaris bicolor | Tobago only |
| Sooty Grassquit | Tiaris fuliginosa | Trinidad only |
| Saffron Finch | Sicalis flaveola | Trinidad only |
| Orange-fronted Yellow Finch | Sicalis columbiana | Trinidad only; Rare/Accidental |
| Grassland Yellow Finch | Sicalis luteola | Trinidad only |
| Red-capped Cardinal | Paroaria gularis | Trinidad only |
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Trinidad And Tobago
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