Emberizidae

Calcarius ornatus Photo by Robert Royse (Robert Royse’s Bird Photography) Common name: chestnut-collared longspur (en); escrevedeira-de-peito-preto (pt); pectrophane à ventre noir (fr); arnoldo ventinegro (es); rothalsammer (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Emberizidae Range: This species breeds in the prairies of the northern Great Plains in Canada and the United States. They migrate south to winter…

Emberiza cia (Photo from Naturalmente Fotografia) Common name: rock bunting (en); cia (pt); bruant fou (fr); escribano montesino (es); zippammer (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Emberizidae Range: This species is found in north-west Africa, in southern Europe as far north as southern Germany and Austria, and into central Asia all the way to the Himalayas….

Emberiza flaviventris Photo by Dubi Shapiro (Internet Bird Collection) Common name: golden-breasted bunting (en); escrevedeira-de-peito-dourado (pt); bruant à poitrine dorée (fr); semillerito de pecho dorado (es); gelbbauchammer (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Emberizidae Range: This African species is found from southern Mali to Sudan, then south through Uganda, Tanzania, southern D.R. Congo, Angola and Zambia,…

Emberiza melanocephala Photo by Mark Jobling (Wikipedia) Common name: black-headed bunting (en); escrevedeira-de-cabeça-preta (pt); bruant mélanocéphale (fr); escribano cabecinegro (es); kappenammer (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Emberizidae Range: This species is found breeding in southern Europe, from Italy and Greece to Turkey, and eastwards to Iran. They migrate south-east to winter in western and central…

Emberiza melanocephala Photo by Mark Jobling (Wikipedia) Common name: black-headed bunting (en); escrevedeira-de-cabeça-preta (pt); bruant mélanocéphale (fr); escribano cabecinegro (es); kappenammer (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Emberizidae Range: This species is found breeding in southern Europe, from Italy and Greece to Turkey, and eastwards to Iran. They migrate south-east to winter in western and central…

Passerculus sandwichensis Photo by Simon Barrette (Wikipedia) Common name: savanna sparrow (en); tico-tico-dos-prados (pt); bruant des prés (fr); gorrión sabanero (es); grasammer (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Emberizidae Range: This North American species breeds across the northern half of North America, throughout Canada, the northern United States, and along the Pacific coast down to California….

Passerculus sandwichensis Photo by Simon Barrette (Wikipedia) Common name: savanna sparrow (en); tico-tico-dos-prados (pt); bruant des prés (fr); gorrión sabanero (es); grasammer (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Emberizidae Range: This North American species breeds across the northern half of North America, throughout Canada, the northern United States, and along the Pacific coast down to California….

Zonotrichia leucophrys Common name: white-crowned sparrow (en); escrevedeira-de-testa-branca (pt); bruant à couronne blache (fr); sabanero de corona blanca (es); dachsammer (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Emberizidae Range: This North American species breeds from Alaska eastward across northern Canada and south along the Pacific coast and into the western mountains to northern New Mexico and southern…