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Kingdom Animalia (animals)
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Eumetazoa (metazoans)-
Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
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Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
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Phylum Chordata (chordates)
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Craniata (craniates)
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Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
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Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
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Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
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Class Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fishes and terrestrial vertebrates)
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Tetrapoda (tetrapods)
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Amniota (amniotes)
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Class Reptilia
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Class Aves (birds)
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Subclass Neognathae (neognath birds)
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Infraclass Neoaves (modern birds)
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Order Passeriformes (perching birds)
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Muscicapoidea (thrushes, sparrows, and relatives)
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Passeroidea (sparrows and relatives)
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Family Emberizidae (buntings, American sparrows, and relatives)
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Genus Acanthidops -
Genus Aimophila (aimophila sparrows)
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Genus Amaurospiza
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Genus Ammodramus (grassland sparrows)
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Genus Amphispiza (desert sparrows)
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Genus Arremon
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Genus Arremonops (olive sparrows)
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Genus Atlapetes
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Genus Buarremon
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Genus Calamospiza (lark buntings)
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Genus Calcarius (longspurs)
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Genus Camarhynchus
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Genus Catamenia
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Genus Certhidea
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Genus Charitospiza
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Genus Chondestes (lark sparrows)
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Genus Coryphaspiza
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Genus Coryphospingus
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Genus Diuca
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Genus Dolospingus
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Genus Donacospiza
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Genus Emberiza (Eurasian buntings)
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Genus Emberizoides
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Genus Embernagra
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Genus Euneornis
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Genus Geospiza
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Genus Gubernatrix
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Genus Haplospiza
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Genus Idiopsar
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Genus Incaspiza
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Genus Junco (juncos)
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Genus Latoucheornis
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Genus Lophospingus
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Genus Loxigilla (Antillean bullfinches)
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Genus Loxipasser
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Genus Lysurus
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Genus Melanodera
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Genus Melanospiza
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Genus Melophus
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Genus Melopyrrha
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Genus Melospiza (song sparrows)
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Genus Melozone
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Genus Myospiza
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Genus Nesospiza
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Genus Oreothraupis
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Genus Oriturus
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Genus Oryzoborus
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Genus Paroaria (neotropical cardinals)
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Genus Passerculus (savannah sparrows)
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Genus Passerella (fox sparrows)
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Genus Pezopetes
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Genus Phrygilus
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Genus Piezorhina
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Genus Pinaroloxias
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Genus Pipilo (towhees)
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Genus Plectrophenax (snow buntings)
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Genus Pooecetes (vesper sparrows)
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Genus Poospiza
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Genus Porphyrospiza
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Genus Pselliophorus
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Genus Rhodospingus
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Genus Rowettia
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Genus Saltatricula
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Genus Sicalis (saffron finches)
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Genus Spizella (chipping sparrows)
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Genus Sporophila (seedeaters)
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Genus Tiaris (grassquits)
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Genus Torreornis
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Genus Urothraupis
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Genus Volatinia
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Genus Xenospingus
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Genus Xenospiza
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Genus Zonotrichia (crowned sparrows)
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Confused by a class within a class or an order within an order? Please see our brief essay.
Scientific names for Aves taxonomy (family and below) are from The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, Princeton University Press, copyright 2003. Used by permission.
