Emberizidae: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Emberizinae

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tree sparrow (Spizella arborea)

dark-eyed junco (Junco hyemalis)

A song sparrow (Melospiza melodia) perched on a cattail stem, beak open as if singing, with brown streaked plumage and a blurred green background.

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Emberiza Plectrophenax towhee bananaquit song sparrow McKay’s bunting snow bunting yellow-breasted bunting reed bunting vesper sparrow wren bird-of-paradise wood warbler shrike bowerbird tanager vireo thrush drongo Hawaiian honeycreeper

turkey vulture. vulture. Close-up of a head and beak of a Turkey vulture (Cathartes aura).

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Sea otter (Enhydra lutris), also called great sea otter, rare, completely marine otter of the northern Pacific, usually found in kelp beds. Floats on back. Looks like sea otter laughing. saltwater otters

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Dromedary camels (Camelus dromedarius). Animals, mammals.

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Lion (panthera leo)

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Mute swan with cygnet. (birds)

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Young chimpanzee dressed in a shirt and sweater vest, scratching his head thinking. (primates)

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The bearded vulture (Gypaetus barbatus) is seen in Switzerland on December 2024

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pigeon. pigeon and dove. member of the order Columbiformes, family Columbidae

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