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Emberiza
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The buntings are a group of Old World passerine birds forming the genus Emberiza, the only genus in the family Emberizidae. The family contains 44 species. They are seed-eating birds with stubby, conical bills.
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Emberiza is a genus of birds within the family Emberizidae. It belongs to the class Aves, order Passeriformes, phylum Chordata, and kingdom Animalia. The taxon was described by Linnaeus in 1758 and is currently accepted as a valid rank. Its classification is documented in sources such as the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition.
Records for this genus are held by several institutions, including CMNH, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, CUMV, NMV, and FMNH. These records originate from the United Kingdom, Belgium, United States, South Africa, and India. The genus has been referenced by 740 other encyclopedia articles.
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Species
Emberiza
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyEmberizidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 212
- With media
- 5
- Family
- Emberizidae
- Collections
- CMNH, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, CUMV, NMV, FMNH, LSUMZ
- Recorded in
- United Kingdom, Belgium, United States, South Africa, India, Kazakhstan, Japan, Korea (Democratic People’S Republic Of)
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Taxonomy
- List of species
- References
- Further reading
- External links
The buntings are a group of Old World passerine birds forming the genus Emberiza, the only genus in the family Emberizidae. The family contains 44 species. They are seed-eating birds with stubby, conical bills.
==Taxonomy== The family Emberizidae was formerly much larger and included the species now placed in the Passerellidae (New World sparrows) and Calcariidae (longspurs and snow buntings). Molecular phylogenetic studies found that the large family consisted of distinct clades that were better treated as separate families.
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