Family Emberizidae: Emberizids

  1. RARE (Annual or probably annual in small numbers; most such species occur at the  perimeter of Alaska, in season; a few are scarce residents)
  2. CASUAL (Not annual; these species are beyond the periphery of annual range, but recur in Alaska at irregular intervals, usually in seasonal and regional patterns)
  3. ACCIDENTAL (One or two Alaska records)
Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus (2) Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana (2) Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica (1)
American Tree Sparrow Spizella arborea White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis (1) Yellow-throated Bunting Emberiza elegans (3)
Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina Harris’s Sparrow Zonotrichia querula (2) Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola (2)
Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida (2) White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys Gray Bunting Emberiza variabilis (2)
Brewer’s Sparrow Spizella breweri (1) Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla Pallas’s Bunting Emberiza pallasi (2)
Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus (2) Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus (2)
Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca Smith’s Longspur Calcarius pictus McKay’s Bunting Plectrophenax hyperboreus
Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos (3)
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Lincoln’s Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla (2)

©2007 Sergei V. Drovetski
Last updated: August 19, 2007