Passerellidae | |
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White-crowned sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: |
Passerellidae Jean Cabanis, 1851 |
The Passerellidae (New World sparrows) are a large family of seed-eating passerine birds with distinctively finch-like bills. The American Ornithological Society split the family from Emberizidae (Old World buntings) in 2017.