Emberizoidea

Emberizoids; Temporal range: Miocene-Holocene,
	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; Linnaeus, 1758
Families
	Calcariidae; Rhodinocichlidae; Emberizidae; Passerellidae; Calyptophilidae; Phaenicophilidae; Nesospingidae; Spindalidae; Zeledoniidae; Teretistridae; Icteriidae; Icteridae; Parulidae; Mitrospingidae; Cardinalidae; Thraupidae;

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.

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