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Emberizidae (old world bunting)
Taxonomy
Emberizidae was named by Vigors (1831). It is extant.
It was reranked as the subfamily Emberizinae by Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1956) and Mead et al. (1984).
It was assigned to Fringillidae by Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1956) and Mead et al. (1984); and to Passeriformes by Emslie (1992), Guthrie (1992), Parmalee (1992) and Clements et al. (2017).
It was reranked as the subfamily Emberizinae by Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1956) and Mead et al. (1984).
It was assigned to Fringillidae by Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1956) and Mead et al. (1984); and to Passeriformes by Emslie (1992), Guthrie (1992), Parmalee (1992) and Clements et al. (2017).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1831 | Emberizidae Vigors |
| 1940 | Emberizinae Wetmore p. 78 |
| 1956 | Emberizinae Wetmore p. 99 |
| 1984 | Emberizinae Mead et al. p. 264 |
| 1992 | Emberizidae Emslie p. 264 |
| 1992 | Emberizidae Guthrie p. 324 |
| 1992 | Emberizidae Parmalee p. 316 |
| 2017 | Emberizidae Clements et al. |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Fm. Emberizidae Vigors 1831 [old world bunting]
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G. Emberiza Linnaeus 1758
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†Emberiza alcoveri Rando et al. 1999
Emberiza calandra Linnaeus 1758 [corn bunting]
Emberiza citrinella Linnaeus 1758 [yellowhammer]
Emberiza schoeniclus Linnaeus 1758 [reed bunting]
Invalid names: Schoeniclus Forster 1817 [synonym]
Invalid names: Thraupinae [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available