Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. A taxonomic family within the superfamily Passeroidea — the New World finches.
Etymologies
- Emberiza + -idae (Wiktionary)
Examples
“The resident avifauna are Saharan, Saharo-Sahelian and Saharo-montane species: sand grouse Pteroclididae, doves Columbidae, barbets Capidonidae, larks Alaudidae, buntings Emberizidae, weavers Ploceidae, ravens and crows Corvidae are conspicuous.”
“A new species of Arremon (Passeriformes: Emberizidae) from Brazil.”
“A new species of tanager (Emberizidae, Thraupinae, Tangara) from southern Peru.”
“(_Fringillidae_), though, in Professor W.K. Parker's opinion, to be easily distinguished therefrom -- the _Emberizidae_ possessing what none of the”
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary"
“_Emberiza miliaria_, but now used in a general sense for all members of the family _Emberizidae_, which are closely allied to the finches”
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary"
“The additional palatal bones just named are also found in several other peculiarly American families, namely, _Tanagridae_, _Icteridae_ and _Mniotiltidae_ -- whence it may be perhaps inferred that the _Emberizidae_ are of Transatlantic origin.”
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary"
“The Chestnut-breasted Bunting (Emberiza stewarti) is a species of bird in the Emberizidae family.”
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“Among the characteristic birds of the ecoregion are buntings (Emberizidae), especially red-headed bunting (Emberiza bruniceps), larks (Alaudidae), wheatears (Oenanthe), pipits (Anthus spp.), black-belleied sand grouse (Pterocles orientalis), and steppe eagle (Aquila rapax).”
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Ornithological Terms
Terms Used in Ornithology
pterylosis, picifautor, gressorial, exuviate, stragulum, philornithic, pinguinitescent, parvirostrate, schizorhinal, schizothecal, schismatic, fuliginous and 76 more...
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biocon Emberizidae are a cosmopolitan family of sparrows or finches that are generally granivores having a robust conical bill. Jun 2, 2012