Family: Passerellidae
Description
New World Buntings and Sparrows. A large family of passerine birds. They are seed-eaters, as evidenced by possessing relatively large, strong bills. Many members are known as Sparrows, however the North American Sparrows are not closely related to the Old World Sparrows, which are in family Passeridae.
Taxonomy
Passerellidae is a family in family in the Order Passeriformes.
All genera were formerly included in the family Emberizidae.
Subcategories
This category has the following 32 subcategories, out of 32 total.
