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Black-faced bunting 
(Sẻ đồng mặt đen, Emberiza spodocephala)

The black-faced bunting (Emberiza spodocephala) is a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae.
The bird breeds in southern Siberia across to northern China, and winters in north-east India, southern China and northern south-east Asia.

Traits:
- Male: Grey-faced, gray-faced, ashy-faced, ashy-hooded, grey-hooded;

The genus name Emberiza is from Old German Embritz, a bunting.
The origin of the English "bunting" is unknown.
The specific spodocephala is from Ancient Greek spodos, "ashes", and kephalos, "headed".

Black-headed bunting (Emberiza melanocephala)
Sẻ đồng đầu đen

The black-headed bunting (Emberiza melanocephala) is a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae.
The bird breeds in south-east Europe east to Iran and winters mainly to India, some in south-east Asia.

The genus name Emberiza is from Old German Embritz, a bunting.
The origin of the English "bunting" is unknown.
melanocephala, melanocephalos:
 Greek melas-  "black",
 kephale head,
 Greek  -kephalos  "-headed".

Chestnut bunting 
(Sẻ đồng hung, Emberiza rutila)

The chestnut bunting (Emberiza rutila) is a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae found in the East Palearctic.
The bird breeds in Siberia, northern Mongolia and north-eastern China and winters in southern China, south-east Asia and north-east India.

The genus name Emberiza is from Old German Embritz, a bunting.
The origin of the English "bunting" is unknown.
rutila: Latin rutilus for golden, red, auburn.

Chestnut-eared bunting 
(Sẻ đồng đầu xám, Emberiza fucata), 
also called grey-headed bunting or grey-hooded bunting

The chestnut-eared bunting (Emberiza fucata) is a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae.
The breeding range extends from the Himalayas locally across China to south-eastern Siberia, Korea and northern Japan.
The bird winters in southern Japan, southern China, Taiwan, north-eastern India, Bangladesh and Southeast Asia.

The genus name Emberiza is from Old German Embritz, a bunting.
The origin of the English "bunting" is unknown.
The specific fucata is Latin for "painted" from fucare, "to paint red".

Crested bunting 
(Sẻ đồng mào, Emberiza lathami)

The crested bunting (Emberiza lathami) is a species of bird in the family Emberizidae.
The bird has a wide but scattered distribution in Asia. 

Traits:
- Male: rufous-winged;
- Both male and female: crested;

The genus name Emberiza is from Old German Embritz, a bunting.
The origin of the English "bunting" is unknown.

Emberiza is the single genus of Old World passerine birds in the family Emberizidae.

Godlewski's bunting (Emberiza godlewskii)

Godlewski's bunting (Emberiza godlewskii) is a species of bird in the family Emberizidae. 
The bird is found in China, Pakistan, India, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Myanmar, and Russia.

Traits:
- Grey hooded;
- Head has reddish or dark brown stripes and/or stains;
- Black lines from the base of the lower mandible (lower bill) further down the neck;

The scientific name for the bunting family, Emberizidae, originates from the Old German word "emberitz" meaning "bunting" or "hammer,". 
The genus Emberiza is of Germanic origin, referring to the common bunting bird. 
The genus name Emberiza is from Old German Embritz, a bunting.The origin of the English "bunting" is unknown.

Gray-necked bunting (Emberiza buchanani)
Sẻ đồng cổ xám

The grey-necked bunting (Emberiza buchanani) is a species of bird in the family Emberizidae. 
The breeding range is from the Caspian Sea to the Altai Mountains in Central Asia. This bird species winters in parts of Southern Asia.

Traits:
- White eye-ring;
- Beige lines from the base of the lower mandible (lower bill) further to the base of the neck;
- Underparts blotched with reddish brown.

The scientific name for the bunting family, Emberizidae, originates from the Old German word "emberitz" meaning "bunting" or "hammer,". 
The genus Emberiza is of Germanic origin, referring to the common bunting bird. 
The genus name Emberiza is from Old German Embritz, a bunting.The origin of the English "bunting" is unknown.

Little bunting 
(Sẻ đồng lùn, Emberiza pusilla)

The little bunting (Emberiza pusilla) is a passerine bird belonging to the bunting family (Emberizidae).
The little bunting breeds across the taiga of the far north-east of Europe and northern Eurosiberia to the Russian Far East. 
The bird is migratory wintering in the subtropics in northern India, southern China and the northern parts of south-east Asia.

The genus name Emberiza is from Old German Embritz, a bunting.
The origin of the English "bunting" is unknown.
The specific pusilla is Latin for "very small".

Pallas's reed bunting 
(Emberiza pallasi), also known as Pallas's bunting

The Pallas's reed bunting (Emberiza pallasi), also known as Pallas's bunting, is a passerine bird in the Emberiza family, Emberizidae. 
The bird is a migrant species, wintering in southeast Asia.

Traits:
- White "moustache";

The scientific name for the bunting family, Emberizidae, originates from the Old German word "emberitz" meaning "bunting" or "hammer,". 
The genus Emberiza is of Germanic origin, referring to the common bunting bird. 
The genus name Emberiza is from Old German Embritz, a bunting.The origin of the English "bunting" is unknown.

Red-headed bunting (Emberiza bruniceps)
Sẻ đồng đầu đỏ

The red-headed bunting (Emberiza bruniceps) is a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae.

The bird breeds in central Asia, including Afghanistan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia; Russian Federation (European Russia, Central Asian Russia), Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and China. 
This bird species is migratory, wintering in India and Bangladesh.

The scientific name for the bunting family, Emberizidae, originates from the Old German word "emberitz" meaning "bunting" or "hammer,". 
The genus Emberiza is of Germanic origin, referring to the common bunting bird. 
The genus name Emberiza is from Old German Embritz, a bunting.The origin of the English "bunting" is unknown.
The scientific name "Bruniceps" is from:
- the Latin word brunus, meaning "brown," combined with 
- the Latin word caput, meaning "head," ( Latin -cep for -headed).

Tristram's bunting (Emberiza tristrami)
Sẻ đồng mày trắng

Tristram's bunting (Emberiza tristrami) is a bird in the family Emberizidae.
The bird breeds in eastern Manchuria and the Russian Far East and winters in central and southern China.
This bird species is accidental in Japan, Korea, Laos, Myanmar, Russia, Mongolia, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam and north-eastern India.

The scientific name for the bunting family, Emberizidae, originates from the Old German word "emberitz" meaning "bunting" or "hammer,". 
The genus Emberiza is of Germanic origin, referring to the common bunting bird. 
The genus name Emberiza is from Old German Embritz, a bunting.The origin of the English "bunting" is unknown.

Yellow-breasted bunting 
(Sẻ đồng ngực vàng, Emberiza aureola) 

The yellow-breasted bunting (Emberiza aureola) is a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae.
breeds in boreal forests of Finland to Bering Sea, from the Amur River to Manchuria, N Korea, Kamchatka and Kuril Islands, migrating to Indochina.

The genus name Emberiza is from Old German Embritz, a bunting.
The origin of the English "bunting" is unknown.
The specific aureola is Latin for "golden".

Yellow-throated bunting 
(Emberiza elegans), also known as the elegant bunting

The yellow-throated bunting (Emberiza elegans), also known as the elegant bunting, is a species of bird in the family Emberizidae.
The bird is found in China, Japan, Korea, Myanmar, Russia, and Taiwan.

The scientific name for the bunting family, Emberizidae, originates from the Old German word "emberitz" meaning "bunting" or "hammer,". 
The genus Emberiza is of Germanic origin, referring to the common bunting bird. 
The genus name Emberiza is from Old German Embritz, a bunting.The origin of the English "bunting" is unknown.
The Latin word elegans means elegant, fine, graceful, or tasteful. It is derived from the Latin verb eligere, which means "to select" or "to choose", and originally described someone who made careful choices.