Birds Guide

Buntings
Snow bunting
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia   Phylum: Chordata   Class: Aves   Order: Passeriformes   Family: Emberizidae
Genera
Melophus Latoucheornis Emberiza Plectrophenax

Buntings are a group of mainly European passerine birds of the family Emberizidae.

They are seed-eating birds with stubby, conical bills, and are the Old World equivalents of the species known in North America as sparrows. (However, these birds are not closely related to the Old World sparrows which are in the family Passeridae.)

Their habits are similar to those of finches, with which they sometimes used to be grouped. Some emberizids are still named "finches". Similarly, there are a few species named "buntings" which are now classed in the cardinal family, like the Painted Bunting and Indigo Bunting.

Bunting species are:

• Family: Emberizidae
  • Crested Bunting, Melophus lathami

• • Slaty Bunting, Latoucheornis siemsseni

• • Yellowhammer, Emberiza citrinella
    Pine Bunting, Emberiza leucocephalos
    Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus
    Tibetan Bunting, Emberiza koslowi
    Rock Bunting, Emberiza cia
    Godlewski's Bunting, Emberiza godlewskii
    Meadow Bunting, Emberiza cioides
    Rufous-backed Bunting, Emberiza jankowskii
    Grey-hooded Bunting, Emberiza buchanani
    Cinereous Bunting, Emberiza cineracea
    Ortolan Bunting, Emberiza hortulana
    Chestnut-breasted Bunting, Emberiza stewarti
    Cretzschmar's Bunting, Emberiza caesia
    House Bunting, Emberiza striolata
    Lark-like Bunting, Emberiza impetuani
    Cinnamon-breasted Bunting, Emberiza tahapisi
    Socotra Bunting, Emberiza socotrana
    Cape Bunting, Emberiza capensis
    Ochre-rumped Bunting, Emberiza yessoensis
    Tristram's Bunting, Emberiza tristrami
    Chestnut-eared Bunting, Emberiza fucata
    Little Bunting, Emberiza pusilla
    Yellow-browed Bunting, Emberiza chrysophrys
    Rustic Bunting, Emberiza rustica
    Yellow-throated Bunting, Emberiza elegans
    Yellow-breasted Bunting, Emberiza aureola
    Golden-breasted Bunting, Emberiza flaviventris
    Somali Bunting, Emberiza poliopleura
    Brown-rumped Bunting, Emberiza affinis
    Cabanis' Bunting, Emberiza cabanisi
    Chestnut Bunting, Emberiza rutila
    Black-headed Bunting, Emberiza melanocephala
    Red-headed Bunting, Emberiza bruniceps
    Yellow Bunting, Emberiza sulphurata
    Black-faced Bunting, Emberiza spodocephala
    Grey Bunting, Emberiza variabilis
    Pallas' Reed Bunting, Emberiza pallasi
    Reed Bunting, Emberiza schoeniclus
    Corn Bunting, Emberiza calandra

• • Snow Bunting, Plectrophenax nivalis
    McKay's Bunting, Plectrophenax hyperboreus

The Lark Bunting, Calamospiza melanocorys is an American sparrow.

The Lapland Bunting, Calcarius lapponicus, is also known as Lapland Longspur, and is considered under longspurs.

External links

• Bunting videos on the Internet Bird Collection