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Sparrows - Images and descriptions of 11 species of North American sparrows by Greg Lasley.
Brewer's Sparrow (Spizella breweri) - Identification tips, photos, range map, and taxonomy chart.
Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) - Illustration, sound file, and description of this bird's nesting and diet.
Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida) - Close-ups photos of this species.
Yellow-eyed Junco (Junco phaeonotus) - Brief fact sheet describes this bird's habitat, nesting, and food preferences.
Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis) - Identification tips, sound files, photos, life history, taxonomy chart.
Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis) - Offers a photo, a range map, and links to fact sheets.
Yellow-eyed Junco (Junco phaeonotus) - Photo of this bird taken in Arizona.
Yellow-eyed Junco (Junco phaeonotus) - Migration status, breeding habitat, nesting, and identification tips for this species.
Lincoln's Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii) - Breeding, nesting, diet, and behavior of this bird.

Emberizidae - The Emberizidae are a large family of passerine birds.
Passerina - The genus Passerina is a group of birds in the Cardinal family Cardinalidae. Although not directly related to buntings in the family Emberizidae, they are sometimes known as the North American buntings (the North American Emberizidae are colloquially called "sparrows" although they are also not related to these birds).
Grassquit - Grassquits are small, tropical birds currently placed in the tanager bird family Thraupidae, although they had earlier been thought to be of the family Emberizidae. They are common in the West Indies and in Central and South American countries around the Caribbean Sea.
Black-backed Bush-tanager - The Black-backed Bush-tanager (Urothraupis stolzmanni) is a species of bird in the Emberizidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Urothraupis.
Tiaris olivaceus - The Yellow-faced Grassquit (Tiaris olivaceus) is a species of bird in the Emberizidae family.