New World Sparrows
Passerellidae
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.
35 branches of this family, most-observed first · about 137 known species
Zonotrichia Sparrows
genusZonotrichia
Melospiza Sparrows
genusMelospiza
Juncos
genusJunco
Spizella Sparrows
genusSpizella
Typical Towhees
genusPipilo
Ground-Sparrows and Brown Towhees
genusMelozone
Passerculus
genusPasserculus
Chondestes
genusChondestes
Spizelloides
genusSpizelloides
Passerella
genusPasserella
Pooecetes
genusPooecetes
Amphispiza
genusAmphispiza
Grass Sparrows
genusAmmodramus
Thicket sparrows
genusAimophila
Peucaea
genusPeucaea
Marsh Sparrows
genusAmmospiza
Atlapetes Brushfinches
genusAtlapetes
Olive Sparrows and Allies
genusArremonops
Arremon Brushfinches and Sparrows
genusArremon
Calamospiza
genusCalamospiza
Bush-Tanagers
genusChlorospingus
Sage Sparrows
genusArtemisiospiza
Oriturus
genusOriturus
Baird's and Henslow's Sparrows
genusCentronyx
Pezopetes
genusPezopetes
Amphispizopsis
genusAmphispizopsis
Stripe-capped and Tumbes Sparrows
genusRhynchospiza
Xenospiza
genusXenospiza
Torreornis
genusTorreornis
Oreothraupis
genusOreothraupis
Juncos × Zonotrichia Sparrows
genushybridJunco × Zonotrichia
Brown × Typical Towhees
genushybridMelozone × Pipilo
Ammodramus × Passerculus
genushybridAmmodramus × Passerculus
American Tree × Zonotrichia Sparrows
genushybridSpizelloides × Zonotrichia
Arremon × Pipilo
genushybridArremon × Pipilo
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 559248.