page_title: List of birds of Mexico
section_title: New World sparrows
hierarchical_section_title: List of birds of Mexico / New World sparrows
caption_attribution_description: Pipilo crissalis California Towhee
context_page_description: This is a list of the bird species recorded in Mexico. The avifauna of Mexico included a total of 1122 species as of December 2019, according to Bird Checklists of the World. One additional species has been added as a result of a split. Of these 1123 species, 101 are rare or accidental, 10 have been introduced by humans, 112 are endemic, and five more breed only in Mexico though their non-breeding range is larger. Four species are known to be extinct, 68 are globally vulnerable or endangered, and three of the latter might also be extinct. The total figure includes a number of species which are known only from sight records; they are listed but not especially noted.
  This list is presented in the taxonomic sequence of the Check-list of North and Middle American Birds, 7th edition through the 61st Supplement, published by the American Ornithological Society. Common and scientific names are also those of the Check-list, except that the common names of families are from the Clements taxonomy because the AOS list does not include them.
context_section_description: Order: Passeriformes   Family: Passerellidae
  Until 2017, these species were considered part of the family Emberizidae. Most of the species are known as sparrows, but these birds are not closely related to the Old World sparrows which are in the family Passeridae. Many of these have distinctive head patterns.
  Common chlorospingus, Chlorospingus flavopectus
  Rufous-winged sparrow, Peucaea carpalis
  Cinnamon-tailed sparrow, Peucaea sumichrasti (E) (Near-threatened)
  Stripe-headed sparrow, Peucaea ruficauda
  Black-chested sparrow, Peucaea humeralis (E)
  Bridled sparrow, Peucaea mystacalis (E)
  Botteri's sparrow, Peucaea botterii
  Cassin's sparrow, Peucaea cassinii
  Grasshopper sparrow, Ammodramus savannarum
  Olive sparrow, Arremonops rufivirgatus
  Green-backed sparrow, Arremonops chloronotus
  Five-striped sparrow, Amphispiza quinquestriata
  Black-throated sparrow, Amphispiza bilineata
  Lark sparrow, Chondestes grammacus
  Lark bunting, Calamospiza melanocorys
  Chipping sparrow, Spizella passerina
  Clay-colored sparrow, Spizella pallida
  Black-chinned sparrow, Spizella atrogularis
  Field sparrow, Spizella pusilla
  Brewer's sparrow, Spizella breweri
  Worthen's sparrow, Spizella wortheni (E) (Endangered)
  Orange-billed sparrow, Arremon aurantiirostris
  Green-striped brushfinch, Arremon virenticeps (E)
  Chestnut-capped brushfinch, Arremon brunneinucha
  Fox sparrow, Passerella iliaca
  Guadalupe junco, Junco insularis (E) (Endangered)
  Dark-eyed junco, Junco hyemalis
  Yellow-eyed junco, Junco phaeonotus
  Baird's junco, Junco bairdi (E) (Near-threatened)
  Rufous-collared sparrow, Zonotrichia capensis
  White-crowned sparrow, Zonotrichia leucophrys
  Golden-crowned sparrow, Zonotrichia atricapilla
  Harris's sparrow, Zonotrichia querula (A) (Near-threatened)
  White-throated sparrow, Zonotrichia albicollis
  Sagebrush sparrow, Artemisiospiza nevadensis
  Bell's sparrow, Artemisiospiza belli
  Striped sparrow, Oriturus superciliosus (E)
  Vesper sparrow, Pooecetes gramineus
  LeConte's sparrow, Ammospiza leconteii (A)
  Seaside sparrow, Ammospiza maritima (A)
  Nelson's sparrow, Ammospiza nelsoni (A)
  Baird's sparrow, Centronyx bairdii
  Savannah sparrow, Passerculus sandwichensis
  Sierra Madre sparrow, Xenospiza baileyi (E) (Endangered)
  Song sparrow, Melospiza melodia
  Lincoln's sparrow, Melospiza lincolnii
  Swamp sparrow, Melospiza georgiana
  Rusty-crowned ground-sparrow, Melozone kieneri (E)
  Canyon towhee, Melozone fusca
  White-throated towhee, Melozone albicollis (E)
  Abert's towhee, Melozone aberti
  California towhee, Melozone crissalis
  White-eared ground-sparrow, Melozone leucotis
  White-faced ground-sparrow, Melozone biarcuata
  Rusty sparrow, Aimophila rufescens
  Rufous-crowned sparrow, Aimophila ruficeps
  Oaxaca sparrow, Aimophila notosticta (E)
  Green-tailed towhee, Pipilo chlorurus
  Spotted towhee, Pipilo maculatus
  Collared towhee, Pipilo ocai (E)
  Rufous-capped brushfinch, Atlapetes pileatus (E)
  White-naped brushfinch, Atlapetes albinucha
caption: California towhee
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