Page 468 - Complete Birds of Britain and Europe (DK - RSPB)

VAGRANTS
Common Name Scientific Name Family/Scientific Name Description
Starlings
Tristram's Starling Onychognathus Starlings/Sturnidae Dark, red-winged starling, in
tristramii Middle East
Tanagers
Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea Tanagers/Thraupidae Large finch from North America
Summer Tanager Piranga rubra Tanagers/Thraupidae Finch-like bird from North
America
Buntings
Rufous-sided Towhee Pipilo Buntings/Emberizidae Thickset finch-like bird from
erythrophthalmus North America
Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus Buntings/ Emberizidae Streaky-headed bunting-like bird,
vagrant in UK from North America
Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca Buntings/Emberizidae Rufous bunting from North
America
Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia Buntings/Emberizidae Streaky bunting from North
America
White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys Buntings/Emberizidae Sparrow-like bird from North
America
Black-faced Bunting Emberiza Buntings/Emberizidae Dark bunting from Asia
spodocephala
Cinnamon-breasted Emberiza tahapisi Buntings/Emberizidae Dark-coloured bunting from
Bunting Africa
Grey-necked Bunting Emberiza buchanani Buntings/Emberizidae Slender bunting from Asia
Yellow-browed Bunting Emberiza chrysophrys Buntings/Emberizidae Small bunting from Asia

Pallas's Reed Bunting Emberiza pallasi Buntings/Emberizidae Small bunting from Asia
Red-headed Bunting Emberiza bruniceps Buntings/Emberizidae Yellowish bunting from Asia
Cinereous Bunting Emberiza cineracea Buntings/Emberizidae Dull bunting from Asia

House Bunting Emberiza striolata Buntings/Emberizidae Small bunting, in North Africa
and Middle East
Savannah Sparrow Passerculus Buntings/Emberizidae Sparrow-like bunting, vagrant
sandwichensis in NW Europe, from North
America
Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea Buntings/Emberizidae Dark bunting from North
America
New World Warblers
Blackburnian Warbler Dendroica fusca New World Warblers/ Colourful warbler from North
Parulidae America
Yellow Warbler Dendroica petechia New World Warblers/ Small warbler from North
Parulidae America
Yellowthroat Geothlypsis trichas New World Warblers/ Stocky warbler from North
Parulidae America
Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapillus New World Warblers/ Woodland warbler from North
Parulidae America
Northern Waterthrush Seiurus noveboracnesis New World Warblers/ Streaked warbler from North
Parulidae America
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