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User Albums Favorites www.BirdPhotos.com Check List -- Regions=Worldwide (138 species) Again? IUCN and region codes at bottom of page. Species Family Scientific name Breeding Regions Breeding Subregions Nonbreeding Subregions - PASSERIFORMES   Abert's Towhee i    Passerellidae    Melozone aberti  NA, MA sw USA and nw Mexico  American Tree Sparrow i    Passerellidae    Spizelloides arborea  NA n Canada and Alaska USA  Antioquia Brushfinch (CR)  i    Passerellidae    Atlapetes blancae  SA nc Colombia  Apurimac Brushfinch i U    Passerellidae    Atlapetes forbesi  SA Peru  Ashy-throated Chlorospingus i    Passerellidae    Chlorospingus canigularis  MA, SA Costa Rica to Peru  Bachman's Sparrow (NT)  i    Passerellidae    Peucaea aestivalis  NA se USA  Baird's Junco (NT)  i U    Passerellidae    Junco bairdi  MA s Baja California (nw Mexico)  Baird's Sparrow i    Passerellidae    Centronyx bairdii  NA sc Canada and nc USA to n Mexico  Bay-crowned Brushfinch i U    Passerellidae    Atlapetes seebohmi  SA far sw Ecuador to wc Peru  Bell's Sparrow i    Passerellidae    Artemisiospiza belli  NA, MA sw USA to Baja California  Bermuda Towhee (EX)  i    Passerellidae    Pipilo naufragus  NA Bermuda  Black-capped Sparrow i U    Passerellidae    Arremon abeillei  SA Ecuador, Peru  Black-chested Sparrow i    Passerellidae    Peucaea humeralis  MA w Mexico  Black-chinned Sparrow i    Passerellidae    Spizella atrogularis  NA, MA sw USA and Mexico  Black-fronted Brushfinch i    Passerellidae    Atlapetes nigrifrons  SA Perijá Mts., extreme n Colombia and nw Venezuela  Black-headed Brushfinch i    Passerellidae    Arremon atricapillus  MA, SA e Panama and Colombian Andes  Black-spectacled Brushfinch (NT)  i U    Passerellidae    Atlapetes melanopsis  SA Peru  Black-striped Sparrow i    Passerellidae    Arremonops conirostris  MA, SA Honduras to n Brazil  Black-throated Sparrow i    Passerellidae    Amphispiza bilineata  NA, MA w USA to c Mexico  Bolivian Brushfinch i U    Passerellidae    Atlapetes rufinucha  SA Bolivia  Botteri's Sparrow i    Passerellidae    Peucaea botterii  NA, MA sw USA to Costa Rica  Brewer's Sparrow i    Passerellidae    Spizella breweri  NA wc to c Mexico  Bridled Sparrow i    Passerellidae    Peucaea mystacalis  MA c Mexico  Cabanis's Ground Sparrow (NT)  i    Passerellidae    Melozone cabanisi  MA c Costa Rica  California Towhee i    Passerellidae    Melozone crissalis  NA, MA w USA and also Baja California (nw Mexico)  Canyon Towhee i    Passerellidae    Melozone fusca  NA, MA sw USA and Mexico  Caracas Brushfinch i    Passerellidae    Arremon phaeopleurus  SA Cordillera de la Costa, n Venezuela  Cassin's Sparrow i    Passerellidae    Peucaea cassinii  NA, MA sc, sw USA and n Mexico  Chaco Sparrow i    Passerellidae    Rhynchospiza strigiceps  SA sc Paraguay to nc Argentina  Chestnut-capped Brushfinch i    Passerellidae    Arremon brunneinucha  MA, SA Mexico to Ecuador  Chipping Sparrow i    Passerellidae    Spizella passerina  NA, MA widespread  Choco Brushfinch i    Passerellidae    Atlapetes crassus  SA wc, sw Colombia to sw Ecuador  Cinnamon-tailed Sparrow (NT)  i    Passerellidae    Peucaea sumichrasti  MA sw Mexico  Clay-colored Sparrow i    Passerellidae    Spizella pallida  NA c Canada to nc USA to w Mexico  Collared Towhee i    Passerellidae    Pipilo ocai  MA Mexico  Common Chlorospingus i    Passerellidae    Chlorospingus flavopectus  MA, SA sw Mexico to nw Argentina  Costa Rican Brushfinch i    Passerellidae    Arremon costaricensis  MA Costa Rica and w Panama  Cuzco Brushfinch i    Passerellidae    Atlapetes canigenis  SA Peru  Dark-eyed Junco i    Passerellidae    Junco hyemalis  NA, MA n, w s USA to Mexico  Dusky Chlorospingus i    Passerellidae    Chlorospingus semifuscus  SA w Colombia and w Ecuador  Dusky-headed Brushfinch (NT)  i    Passerellidae    Atlapetes fuscoolivaceus  SA Colombia  Eastern Towhee i    Passerellidae    Pipilo erythrophthalmus  NA s Canada and c, e USA to n Mexico  Field Sparrow i    Passerellidae    Spizella pusilla  NA se Canada to c, e USA to ne Mexico  Five-striped Sparrow i    Passerellidae    Amphispizopsis quinquestriata  MA nw, w Mexico  Fulvous-headed Brushfinch i    Passerellidae    Atlapetes fulviceps  SA Bolivia and nw Argentina  Golden-crowned Sparrow i    Passerellidae    Zonotrichia atricapilla  NA w Alaska to sw Canada to nw Mexico  Golden-winged Sparrow i    Passerellidae    Arremon schlegeli  SA Colombia and Venezuela  Grasshopper Sparrow i    Passerellidae    Ammodramus savannarum  NA, MA widespread, also Colombia  Grassland Sparrow i    Passerellidae    Ammodramus humeralis  SA widespread  Green-backed Sparrow i U    Passerellidae    Arremonops chloronotus  MA se Mexico to Honduras  Green-striped Brushfinch i    Passerellidae    Arremon virenticeps  MA w, c Mexico  Green-tailed Towhee i    Passerellidae    Pipilo chlorurus  NA w USA c Mexico  Grey-browed Brushfinch i    Passerellidae    Arremon assimilis  SA Andes of Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, and most of Peru  Grey-eared Brushfinch i    Passerellidae    Atlapetes melanolaemus  SA Peru  Guadalupe Junco (EN)  i    Passerellidae    Junco insularis  MA Guadalupe I. (off nw Mexico)  Half-collared Sparrow i    Passerellidae    Arremon semitorquatus  SA se Brazil  Harris's Sparrow (NT)  i    Passerellidae    Zonotrichia querula  NA nc and c Canada sc USA  Henslow's Sparrow i    Passerellidae    Centronyx henslowii  NA c, ec se USA  Large-footed Finch i    Passerellidae    Pezopetes capitalis  MA Costa Rica and Panama  Lark Bunting i    Passerellidae    Calamospiza melanocorys  NA sc Canada to sc USA to nc Mexico  Lark Sparrow i    Passerellidae    Chondestes grammacus  NA w, n se USA to Guatemala  LeConte's Sparrow i    Passerellidae    Ammospiza leconteii  NA c Canada to nc USA se USA  Lincoln's Sparrow i    Passerellidae    Melospiza lincolnii  NA w, n MA  Merida Brushfinch i U    Passerellidae    Atlapetes meridae  SA nw Venezuela  Moss-backed Sparrow i    Passerellidae    Arremon dorbignii  SA: c Bolivia to nw Argentina  Moustached Brushfinch i    Passerellidae    Atlapetes albofrenatus  SA n Colombia  Nelson's Sparrow i    Passerellidae    Ammospiza nelsoni  NA Canada and n USA se USA  Oaxaca Sparrow i U    Passerellidae    Aimophila notosticta  MA s Mexico  Ochre-breasted Brushfinch i U    Passerellidae    Atlapetes semirufus  SA Venezuela and Colombia  Olive Finch (NT)  i    Passerellidae    Arremon castaneiceps  SA Colombia to Peru  Olive Sparrow i    Passerellidae    Arremonops rufivirgatus  NA, MA s Texas to Costa Rica  Orange-billed Sparrow i    Passerellidae    Arremon aurantiirostris  MA, SA se Mexico to ne Peru  Pale-headed Brushfinch (EN)  i U    Passerellidae    Atlapetes pallidiceps  SA inter-Andean valleys of Azuay, sc Ecuador  Pale-naped Brushfinch i    Passerellidae    Atlapetes pallidinucha  SA Venezuela to Peru  Paria Brushfinch (VU)  i    Passerellidae    Arremon phygas  SA Cordillera de la Costa Oriental, ne Venezuela  Pectoral Sparrow i    Passerellidae    Arremon taciturnus  SA nw SA, Amazonia  Perija Brushfinch (VU)  i U    Passerellidae    Arremon perijanus  SA Serranía del Perijá, ne Colombia and nw Venezuela  Pirre Chlorospingus i    Passerellidae    Chlorospingus inornatus  MA Panama  Prevost's Ground Sparrow i    Passerellidae    Melozone biarcuata  MA se Mexico to El Salvador  Red Fox Sparrow i    Passerellidae    Passerella iliaca  NA nw, c Alaska to e Canada sc, se USA  Rufous-capped Brushfinch i    Passerellidae    Atlapetes pileatus  MA Mexico  Rufous-collared Sparrow i    Passerellidae    Zonotrichia capensis  MA, SA s Mexico to s Argentina; also Hispaniola  Rufous-crowned Sparrow i    Passerellidae    Aimophila ruficeps  NA, MA sc, sw USA and Mexico  Rufous-eared Brushfinch i    Passerellidae    Atlapetes rufigenis  SA Peru  Rufous-winged Sparrow i    Passerellidae    Peucaea carpalis  NA, MA sw USA and nw Mexico  Rusty Sparrow i    Passerellidae    Aimophila rufescens  MA nw Mexico to nw Costa Rica  Rusty-bellied Brushfinch i    Passerellidae    Atlapetes nationi  SA Peru  Rusty-crowned Ground Sparrow i    Passerellidae    Melozone kieneri  MA Mexico  Saffron-billed Sparrow i    Passerellidae    Arremon flavirostris  SA se, sc  Sagebrush Sparrow i    Passerellidae    Artemisiospiza nevadensis  NA wc USA sw USA and n Mexico  Saltmarsh Sparrow (EN)  i    Passerellidae    Ammospiza caudacuta  NA e, ne USA se USA  Santa Marta Brushfinch i    Passerellidae    Atlapetes melanocephalus  SA Colombia  Sao Francisco Sparrow (NT)  i U    Passerellidae    Arremon franciscanus  SA ec Brazil  Savannah Sparrow i    Passerellidae    Passerculus sandwichensis  NA, MA Canada to Guatemala  Seaside Sparrow i    Passerellidae    Ammospiza maritima  NA e, s USA coasts  Sierra Madre Sparrow (EN)  i    Passerellidae    Xenospiza baileyi  MA c Mexico  Sierra Nevada Brushfinch (NT)  i    Passerellidae    Arremon basilicus  SA Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, n Colombia  Slate-colored Fox Sparrow i    Passerellidae    Passerella schistacea  NA sw Canada to wc USA California to n Baja California and s Arizona  Slaty Brushfinch i    Passerellidae    Atlapetes schistaceus  SA Venezuela to Peru  Song Sparrow i    Passerellidae    Melospiza melodia  NA widespread, also to c Mexico  Sooty Fox Sparrow i    Passerellidae    Passerella unalaschcensis  NA Aleutian Is. and sw Alaska to nw British Columbia British Columbia s to s California  Sooty-capped Chlorospingus i    Passerellidae    Chlorospingus pileatus  MA Costa Rica and w Panama  Sooty-faced Finch i    Passerellidae    Arremon crassirostris  MA Costa Rica and Panama  Spotted Towhee i    Passerellidae    Pipilo maculatus  NA, MA sw Canada to w Guatemala  Stripe-headed Sparrow i    Passerellidae    Peucaea ruficauda  MA w Mexico to Costa Rica  Striped Sparrow i    Passerellidae    Oriturus superciliosus  MA w, c Mexico  Swamp Sparrow i    Passerellidae    Melospiza georgiana  NA nc, ne to ne Mexico  Tacarcuna Chlorospingus i    Passerellidae    Chlorospingus tacarcunae  MA, SA Panama and Colombia  Tanager Finch i    Passerellidae    Oreothraupis arremonops  SA w Colombia and nw Ecuador  Tepui Brushfinch i    Passerellidae    Atlapetes personatus  SA tepuis  Thick-billed Fox Sparrow i    Passerellidae    Passerella megarhyncha  NA sw Oregon and California (w USA) C, s California and nw Baja California  Tocuyo Sparrow i U    Passerellidae    Arremonops tocuyensis  SA Colombia and Venezuela  Tricolored Brushfinch i U    Passerellidae    Atlapetes tricolor  SA Peru  Tumbes Sparrow i    Passerellidae    Rhynchospiza stolzmanni  SA far s Ecuador and nw Peru  Vesper Sparrow i    Passerellidae    Pooecetes gramineus  NA w, n se USA and Mexico  Vilcabamba Brushfinch (NT)  i    Passerellidae    Atlapetes terborghi  SA Peru  Volcano Junco i    Passerellidae    Junco vulcani  MA Costa Rica and Panama  White-browed Brushfinch i    Passerellidae    Arremon torquatus  SA s Peru, Bolivia and Argentina  White-crowned Sparrow i    Passerellidae    Zonotrichia leucophrys  NA n to c Mexico  White-eared Ground Sparrow i    Passerellidae    Melozone leucotis  MA s Mexico to Costa Rica  White-headed Brushfinch i    Passerellidae    Atlapetes albiceps  SA far sw Ecuador and nw Peru  White-naped Brushfinch i    Passerellidae    Atlapetes albinucha  MA, SA Mexico to far n Ecuador  White-rimmed Brushfinch i    Passerellidae    Atlapetes leucopis  SA s Colombia and Ecuador  White-throated Sparrow i    Passerellidae    Zonotrichia albicollis  NA nw, w Canada and ne, nc USA to n Mexico  White-throated Towhee i    Passerellidae    Melozone albicollis  MA Mexico  White-winged Brushfinch i    Passerellidae    Atlapetes leucopterus  SA nw Ecuador to nw, nc Peru  Worthen's Sparrow (EN)  i U    Passerellidae    Spizella wortheni  MA n Mexico  Yellow-breasted Brushfinch i    Passerellidae    Atlapetes latinuchus  SA n Colombia to c Peru  Yellow-browed Sparrow i    Passerellidae    Ammodramus aurifrons  SA Colombia through Amazonia  Yellow-eyed Junco i    Passerellidae    Junco phaeonotus  NA, MA sw USA to Guatemala  Yellow-green Brushfinch i U    Passerellidae    Atlapetes luteoviridis  MA Panama  Yellow-headed Brushfinch (NT)  i    Passerellidae    Atlapetes flaviceps  SA Colombia  Yellow-striped Brushfinch i    Passerellidae    Atlapetes citrinellus  SA nw Argentina  Yellow-thighed Brushfinch i    Passerellidae    Atlapetes tibialis  MA Costa Rica and Panama  Yellow-throated Chlorospingus i    Passerellidae    Chlorospingus flavigularis  MA, SA Panama to Peru  Yellow-whiskered Chlorospingus i U    Passerellidae    Chlorospingus parvirostris  SA Colombia to Bolivia  Yungas Sparrow i    Passerellidae    Rhynchospiza dabbenei  SA se Bolivia to nw Argentina  Zapata Sparrow (NT)  i    Passerellidae    Torreornis inexpectata  NA Cuba 83%   114 species of 138 (1 extinct).   IUCN Status Codes EX Extinct EW Extinct in the wild CR Critically Endangered EN Endangered VU Vulnerable NT Near Threatened LC Least Concern DD Data deficient NE Not evaluated LC not shown.   Breeding Range Codes AF Africa (entire continent rather than south of Sahara) AN Antarctica AO Atlantic Ocean AU Australasia (Wallacea (Indonesian islands east of Wallace's line), New Guinea and its islands, Australia, New Zealand and its subantarctic islands, the Solomons, New Caledonia, and Vanuatu) PAL Eurasia (Europe, Asia from the Middle East through central Asia north of the Himalayas, Siberia and northern China to Japan) IO Indian Ocean LA Latin America (Middle and South America) MA Middle America (Mexico through Panama) NA North America (includes the Caribbean) NO Northern oceans OR Oriental Region (South Asia from Pakistan to Taiwan, plus Southeast Asia, the Philippines, and Greater Sundas) PO Pacific Ocean SA South America SO Southern oceans TO Temperate oceans TrO Tropical oceans Worldwide Worldwide