Emberizoids | |
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Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella) | |
Golden-chevroned tanager (Thraupis ornata) | |
Scientific 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.