Phylogenetic placement: Passeri: Passerides: Passerida: Emberizoidea

Distribution: New World

Number of extant genera: ~28

Number of extant species: ~161 (+ Torreornis inexpectata whose phylogenetic position is still unknown)

References

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Barker FK, Burns KJ, Klicka J, Lanyon SM, and Lovette IJ (2015), New insights into New World biogeography: An integrated view from the phylogeny of blackbirds, cardinals, sparrows, tanagers, warblers, and allies, Auk 132, 333-348. (free pdf)

Bonaccorso E, Navarro-Sigüenza AG, Sánchez-González LA, Peterson AT, and García-Moreno J (2008), Genetic differentiation of the Chlorospingus ophthalmicus complex in Mexico and Central America, J. Avian Biol. 39, 311-321. (free reading)

Bryson RW, Faircloth BC, Tsai WLE, McCormack JE, and Klicka J (2016), Target enrichment of thousands of ultraconserved elements sheds new light on early relationships within New World sparrows (Aves: Passerellidae), Auk 133, 451-458. (free pdf)

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Cadena CD, and Cuervo AM (2010), Molecules, ecology, morphology, and songs in concert: how many species is Arremon torquatus (Aves: Emberizidae)?, Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 99, 152-176. (free pdf)

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