American sparrow

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{{Taxobox | color = pink | name = American Sparrows | image = Americantreesparrow36.jpg | image_caption = American Tree Sparrow | regnum = Animalia | phylum = Chordata | classis = Aves | ordo = Passeriformes | familia = Emberizidae | subdivision_ranks = Genera | subdivision = Arremon
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Melozone
Pipilo
Aimophila
Oriturus
Torreornis
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Pooecetes
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Amphispiza
Calamospiza
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American sparrows are a group of mainly New World passerine birds, forming part of the family Emberizidae.

Although they share the name sparrow, American sparrows are more closely related to Old World buntings (family Emberizidae) than they are to the Old World sparrows (family Passeridae).

American sparrows are also similar in both appearance and habit to finches, with which they sometimes used to be grouped. Some emberizid species are still named finches.

American sparrows are seed-eating birds with conical bills, Most are handsome but inconspicuous birds in shades of brown or gray, and many species have distinctive head patterns.

American sparrow species fall under the family Emberizidae. The various genera, with their sub-species, are:

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