What is the largest bird in the bunting family
Corn bunting Corn bunting The corn bunting ("Emberiza calandra") is a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae, a group now separated by most modern authors from the finches, Fringillidae. It is usually placed in the genus "Emberiza", but some taxonomists place it in the monotypic genus "Miliaria". The genus name "Emberiza" is from Old German "Embritz", a bunting. The specific "calandra" is from Ancient Greek "kalandros", the calandra lark. This is an unusual bunting because the plumages of the sexes are similar in appearance, though the male is approximately 20% larger than the female. This large bulky bunting is 16–19 cm
Bunting (bird) Bunting (bird) Buntings are a group of Eurasian and African passerine birds of the family Emberizidae. They are seed-eating birds with stubby, conical bills, and are the Old World equivalents of the species known in North America as (American) sparrows. (However, these birds are not closely related to the Old World sparrows which are in the family Passeridae.) Some emberizids are still named "finches" rather than "buntings". Conversely, there are New World species retaining the name "bunting" which are now classed in the family Cardinalidae. Among those are the painted and indigo buntings. In taxonomic order (but see "Systematics" section