Emberizoidea

Emberizoids
Temporal range: Miocene-Holocene, 15–0 Ma
Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella)
Golden-chevroned tanager (Thraupis ornata)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Infraorder: Passerida
Superfamily: Emberizoidea
Vigors, 1831
Type species
Emberiza citrinella
Families

Emberizoidea is a superfamily of passerines that are referred to as the New World nine-primaried oscines that includes majority of endemics which are exclusive to the New World. Nearly 892 species belong to this group as it includes buntings, American sparrows, the New World blackbirds, the parulid warblers, the cardinals, and the tanagers.