Passerellidae
| Passerellidae | |
|---|---|
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| White-crowned sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Superfamily: | Passeroidea |
| Family: | Passerellidae Jean Cabanis, 1851 |
The Passerellidae (New World sparrows or American sparrows) are a large family of seed-eating passerine birds with distinctively finch-like bills. The American Ornithological Society split the family from Emberizidae (Old World buntings) in 2017.[1][2]
Genera
- Genus Pselliophorus
- Genus Pezopetes
- Genus Arremon
- Genus Arremonops
- Genus Atlapetes
- Genus Pipilo
- Genus Aimophila
- Genus Melozone
- Genus Peucaea
- Genus Oriturus
- Genus Torreornis
- Genus Spizelloides
- Genus Spizella
- Genus Pooecetes
- Genus Chondestes
- Genus Amphispiza
- Genus Artemisiospiza
- Genus Calamospiza
- Genus Passerculus
- Genus Ammodramus
- Genus Xenospiza
- Genus Passerella
- Genus Melospiza
- Genus Zonotrichia
- Genus Junco
- Genus Chlorospingus (bush tanagers, traditionally placed in the tanager family Thraupidae[2])
- Genus Oreothraupis (tanager finch)
References
- ↑ American Ornithologists' Union. 1998. Check-list of North American Birds. 7th edition. American Ornithologists' Union, Washington, D.C.
- 1 2 R. Terry Chesser; Kevin J. Burns; Carla Cicero; Jon L. Dunn; Andrew W. Kratter; Irby J. Lovette; Pamela C. Rasmussen; J. V. Remsen, Jr.; James D. Rising; Douglas F. Stotz; Kevin Winker (2017). "Fifty-eighth supplement to the American Ornithological Society's Check-list of North American Birds". Auk. 134: 751–773. doi:10.1642/AUK-17-72.1.
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