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The family Passerellidae includes sparrows, brush-finches and chlorospinguses. Passerellids are small birds with finch-like bills and nine primary feathers. Sparrows have a specialized bill to handle seed and vegetal matter. They live in grasslands and open areas where they are found alone or in pairs. Brush-finches favor montane scrub and forest edges and are frequently seen in what appears to be family groups. They forage in understory shrubbery other vegetation and also on the ground. As with brush-finches, the Chlorspinguses also travel in what appears to be family group, but near or at the
canopy, often along with mixed foraging flocks. As with several other passerine families the taxonomic treatment of this family’s members is currently in a state of flux. Many genera in South and Central America are in fact more closely related to several different tanager clades, and at least one tanager genus (Chlorospingus) may belong here in the Passerellidae. With a few exceptions, Passerellids build cup-shaped nests from grasses and other plant fibers, and are monogamous. There are seven genera and 30 species within the family Passerellidae known to occur in Peru. The Passerellidae were previously known as Emberizidae. Photo: Black-faced Brush-Finch ©Francesco Veronesi.
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| Family PASSERELLIDAE | ||
| American Sparrows and Allies | Gorriones Americanos y afines | |
| Rufous-collared Sparrow | Gorrión de Collar Rufo | Zonotrichia capensis |
| Grassland Sparrow | Gorrión de Pajonal | Ammodramus humeralis |
| Yellow-browed Sparrow | Gorrión de Ceja Amarilla | Ammodramus aurifrons |
| Tumbes Sparrow | Gorrión de Tumbes | Rhynchospiza stolzmanni |
| Black-striped Sparrow | Gorrión Listado de Negro | Arremonops conirostris (H) |
| Pectoral Sparrow | Gorrión Pectoral | Arremon taciturnus |
| Orange-billed Sparrow | Gorrión de Pico Naranja | Arremon aurantiirostris |
| Black-capped Sparrow | Gorrión de Gorro Negro | Arremon abeillei |
| Chestnut-capped Brush-Finch | Matorralero de Gorro Castaño | Arremon brunneinucha |
| Gray-browed Brush-Finch | Matorralero de Ceja Gris | Arremon assimilis |
| White-browed Brush-Finch | Matorralero de Ceja Blanca | Arremon torquatus |
| Olive Finch | Pinzón Oliváceo | Arremon castaneiceps |
| Pale-naped Brush-Finch | Matorralero de Nuca Pálida | Atlapetes pallidinucha |
| Tricolored Brush-Finch | Matorralero Tricolor | Atlapetes tricolor |
| Yellow-breasted Brush-Finch | Matorralero de Pecho Amarillo | Atlapetes latinuchus |
| Rufous-eared Brush-Finch | Matorralero de Oreja Rufa | Atlapetes rufigenis (E) |
| Apurimac Brush-Finch | Matorralero de Apurímac | Atlapetes forbesi (E) |
| Black-spectacled Brush-Finch | Matorralero de Anteojos Negros | Atlapetes melanopsis (E) |
| Slaty Brush-Finch | Matorralero Pizarroso | Atlapetes schistaceus |
| White-winged Brush-Finch | Matorralero de Ala Blanca | Atlapetes leucopterus |
| White-headed Brush-Finch | Matorralero de Cabeza Blanca | Atlapetes albiceps |
| Bay-crowned Brush-Finch | Matorralero de Corona Baya | Atlapetes seebohmi |
| Rusty-bellied Brush-Finch | Matorralero de Vientre Rojizo | Atlapetes nationi (E) |
| Cuzco Brush-Finch | Matorralero de Cusco | Atlapetes canigenis (E) |
| Vilcabamba Brush-Finch | Matorralero de Vilcabamba | Atlapetes terborghi (E) |
| Black-faced Brush-Finch | Matorralero de Cara Negra | Atlapetes melanolaemus |
| Common Chlorospingus | ChlorospingoComún | Chlorospingus flavopectus |
| Short-billed Chlorospingus | Chlorospingo de Pico Corto | Chlorospingus parvirostris |
| Yellow-throated Chlorospingus | Chlorospingo de Garganta Amarilla | Chlorospingus flavigularis |
| Ashy-throated Chlorospingus | Chlorospingo de Garganta Ceniza | Chlorospingus canigularis |
 THRAUPIDAE: Tanagers, Conebills, & Sierra-Finches – Tangaras |
CARDINALIDAE: Grosbeaks & Allies – Cardenales & Picogruesos |