Family Emberizidae (perching bird)
Alternative spelling: Emberizinae
Parent taxon: Passeriformes according to P. W. Parmalee 1992
Sister taxa: Acanthisittidae, Acanthizidae, Alaudidae, Cracticidae, Eurylaimidae, Fringillidae, Hirundinidae, Menurae, Orthonychidae, Pachycephalidae, Palaeoscinidae, Paradisaeidae, Passeres, Ploceidae, Rhinocryptidae, Sittidae, Sylviidae, Vangidae, Wieslochia, Zosteropidae
Subtaxa: Icterinae, Parulinae, Thraupinae
Ecology: volant granivore