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- proper noun A taxonomic
family within thesuperfamily Passeroidea — the New Worldfinches .
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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.
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A new species of Arremon (Passeriformes: Emberizidae) from Brazil.
Atlantic dry forests 2008
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A new species of tanager (Emberizidae, Thraupinae, Tangara) from southern Peru.
Bolivian Yungas 2008
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(_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" Various
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_Emberiza miliaria_, but now used in a general sense for all members of the family _Emberizidae_, which are closely allied to the finches
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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.
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The Chestnut-breasted Bunting (Emberiza stewarti) is a species of bird in the Emberizidae family.
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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).
Kazakh semi-desert 2008
biocon commented on the word Emberizidae
Emberizidae are a cosmopolitan family of sparrows or finches that are generally granivores having a robust conical bill.
June 2, 2012