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The scientific family Emberizidae includes, Towhees, American Sparrows, Juncos, Buntings, and Longspurs.  Sibley, in his book The Sibley Guide to Birds, says 49 species are found in North America.  In Florida, one usually doesn't find more than one Towhee specie, one Junco specie, and 17 species of Sparrows.

 

Savannah Sparrow  -  Passerculus sandwichensis

   

 

Swamp Sparrow - Melospiza georgiana

     

 

Towhee, Eastern  -  Pipilo erythrophthalmus

   





 

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