Family
Passerellidae (New world sparrows)
Junco hyemalis. Photo: (c) Craig K. Hunt, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)
The Passerellidae (New World 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.
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Humboldt Life
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Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
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Phylum: Chordata (Chordates)
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Subphylum: Vertebrata (Vertebrates)
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Class: Aves (Birds)
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Order: Passeriformes (Perching birds)
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Family: Passerellidae (New world sparrows)
- Genus: Ammodramus (Grass sparrows) (1)
- Genus: Zonotrichia (Zonotrichia sparrows) (8)
- Genus: Passerella (4)
- Genus: Melospiza (Melospiza sparrows) (4)
- Genus: Spizella (Spizella sparrows) (4)
- Genus: Amphispiza (Amphispiza sparrows) (1)
- Genus: Calamospiza (1)
- Genus: Junco (Juncos) (2)
- Genus: Pipilo (Typical towhees) (2)
- Genus: Artemisiospiza (Sage sparrows) (1)
- Genus: Passerculus (1)
- Genus: Spizelloides (1)
- Genus: Chondestes (Lark sparrows) (1)
- Genus: Aimophila (Thicket sparrows) (1)
- Genus: Pooecetes (1)
- Genus: Melozone (Ground-sparrows and brown towhees) (1)
- Genus: Ammospiza (Marsh sparrows) (1)
- Genus: Peucaea (1)
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Family: Passerellidae (New world sparrows)
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Order: Passeriformes (Perching birds)
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Class: Aves (Birds)
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Subphylum: Vertebrata (Vertebrates)
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Phylum: Chordata (Chordates)
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Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
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