Blue Grosbeak, Guiraca caerulea 
Blue Bunting, Cyanocompsa parellina L 
Indigo Bunting, Passenna cyanea 
Varied Bunting, Passenna versicolor 
Painted Bunting, Passenna ciris 
Yellow-faced Grassquit (Olive Grassquit, D), 
Tiaris olivacea LO 
Hooded Grosbeak (Abeille Grosbeak, D), 
Hesperiphona abeillei CP 
White-collared Seedeater (Sharpe’s Seedeater, 
D; Collared Seedeater, E), Sporophila 
torqueola (S. sharpei , D) LTCO 
Blue-backed Grassquit (Blue-back Grassquit, 
D), Volatinia jacarina (Volitinia jacarina, D) L 
Pine Siskin, Spinus pinus 
Black-headed Siskin, Spinus notatus C* 
American Goldfinch, Spinus tristis 
Lesser or Dark-backed Goldfinch (Dark-backed 
Goldfinch, BP ) Spinus psahtria LO 
Red Crossbill, Loxia curvirostra 
Rufous-capped Brush-Finch (Rufous-capped 
Atlapetes, D; Rufous-capped Finch, E), 
Atlapetes pileatus CP 
Olive Sparrow (Texas Sparrow, D),Arremonops 
rufivirgatus LTC 
Spotted Towhee (Red-eyed Towhee, B; Rufous¬ 
sided Towhee, P), Pipilo maculatus (Pipilo 
erythrophthalmus , BP) 
Savannah Sparrow, Passerculus sandwichensis O* 
Grasshopper Sparrow, Ammodramus 
savannarum 
Vesper Sparrow, Pooecetes gramineus 
Lark Sparrow, Chondestes grammacus 
Rusty Sparrow ,Aimophila ru fescens O 
Dark-eyed Junco, Junco hyemalis 
Chipping Sparrow, Spizella passerina O* 
Clay-colored Sparrow, Spizella pallida 
White-throated Sparrow, Zonotrichia albicollis 
Lincoln’s Sparrow (Lincoln Sparrow, BD), 
Melospiza lincolnii 
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