Bunting (bird)

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

They are seed-eating birds with a distinctively shaped bill, 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 as finches. Many species have distinctive head patterns.

There are a few species named as "buntings" which are now classed in the cardinal family. These are mainly those that have blue in the plumage, 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 Lapland Bunting, Calcarius lapponicus, is also known as Lapland Longspur, and is considered under longspurs.