Emberiza

Emberiza
Yellowhammer (E. citrinella)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Emberizidae
Genus:	Emberiza Linnaeus, 1758
Species
38, see text
Synonyms
Onychospina Bonaparte, 1853 Onychospiza Rey, 1872 (unjustified emendation)

Emberiza is a genus of passerine birds of the bunting family Emberizidae. Created by Carl Linnaeus in his epic 1758 treatise, 10th edition of Systema Naturae,^[1] the genus contains 41 extant and one extinct species.

List of species

• Corn bunting, Emberiza calandra
• 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
• Jankowski's bunting, Emberiza jankowskii
• Grey-necked bunting, Emberiza buchanani
• Cinereous bunting, Emberiza cineracea
• Ortolan bunting, Emberiza hortulana
• White-capped bunting, Emberiza stewarti
• Cretzschmar's bunting, Emberiza caesia
• House bunting, Emberiza sahari
• Striolated bunting, Emberiza striolata
• Lark-like bunting, Emberiza impetuani
• Cinnamon-breasted bunting, Emberiza tahapisi
• Gosling's bunting, Emberiza goslingi
• Socotra bunting, Emberiza socotrana
• Cape bunting, Emberiza capensis
• Vincent's bunting, Emberiza vincenti
• 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's 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
• Common reed bunting, Emberiza schoeniclus
• Pallas's reed bunting, Emberiza pallasi
• Japanese reed bunting, Emberiza yessoensis
• Long-legged bunting, Emberiza alcoveri (prehistoric)

References

1. Byers, Clive; Olsson, Urban; Curson, Jon (1995). Buntings and Sparrows: A Guide to the Buntings and North American Sparrows. Mountfield, East Sussex, UK: Pica Press. p. 107. ISBN 1-873403-19-4.