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Class Aves
Order Passeriformes
Family Emberizidae

Aimophila—Aimophila Sparrows // Ammodramus—Ammodramus Sparrows // Amphispiza—Amphispiza Sparrows // Calamospiza melanocorys—Lark Bunting // Junco—Juncos // Melozone—Brown Towhees // Passerculus sandwichensis—Savannah Sparrow // Passerella iliaca—Savannah Sparrow // Pipilos—Towhees // Zonotrichia leucophrys—White-crowned Sparrow

Emberizidae—Sparrows, Buntings, and Towhees

The Emberizidae is a huge family of advanced passeriformes with well over 100 North American species. Many are of similar sizes and few workers are able to identify them with any high degree of certainty.

Last Update: 9 Feb 2013