Buntings are generally bright colored, seed eating birds with stubby, conical bills. In this regard they are similar to finches and sparrows. There are seven genera of buntings in two different families (see below).

Family Cardinalidae
Genus Passerina
Blue Grosbeak, Passerina caerulea
Lazuli Bunting, Passerina amoena
Indigo Bunting, Passerina cyanea
Varied Bunting, Passerina versicolor
Painted Bunting, Passerina ciris
Rose-bellied Bunting, Passerina. rositae
Orange-breasted Bunting, Passerina leclancherii

Family Emberizidae
Genus Melophus
Crested Bunting, Melophus lathami
Genus Latoucheornis
Slaty Bunting, Latoucheornis siemsseni
Genus Emberiza - true buntings
Yellowhammer, Emberiza citrinella
Pine Bunting, Emberiza leucocephalos
Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus
Tibetan Bunting, Emberiza koslowi
Rock Bunting, Emberiza cia
Godlewski's Bunting, Emberiza godlewskii
Meadow Bunting, Emberiza cioides
Rufous-backed Bunting, Emberiza jankowskii
Grey-hooded Bunting, Emberiza buchanani
Cinereous Bunting, Emberiza cineracea
Ortolan Bunting, Emberiza hortulana
Chestnut-breasted Bunting, Emberiza stewarti
Cretzschmar's Bunting, Emberiza caesia
House Bunting, Emberiza sahari
Striolated Bunting, Emberiza striolata
Lark-like Bunting, Emberiza impetuani
Cinnamon-breasted Bunting, Emberiza tahapisi
Socotra Bunting, Emberiza socotrana
Cape Bunting, Emberiza capensis
Ochre-rumped Bunting, Emberiza yessoensis
Tristram's Bunting, Emberiza tristrami
Chestnut-eared Bunting, Emberiza fucata
Little Bunting, Emberiza pusilla
Yellow-browed Bunting, Emberiza chrysophrys
Rustic Bunting, Emberiza rustica
Yellow-throated Bunting, Emberiza elegans
Yellow-breasted Bunting, Emberiza aureola
Golden-breasted Bunting, Emberiza flaviventris
Somali Bunting, Emberiza poliopleura
Brown-rumped Bunting, Emberiza affinis
Cabanis' Bunting, Emberiza cabanisi
Chestnut Bunting, Emberiza rutila
Black-headed Bunting, Emberiza melanocephala
Red-headed Bunting, Emberiza bruniceps
Yellow Bunting, Emberiza sulphurata
Black-faced Bunting, Emberiza spodocephala
Grey Bunting, Emberiza variabilis
Pallas' Reed Bunting, Emberiza pallasi
Reed Bunting, Emberiza schoeniclus
Genus Miliaria
Corn Bunting, Miliaria calandra
Genus Plectrophenax - Arctic buntings(form a group with longspurs rather distantly related to other emberizids)
Snow Bunting, Plectrophenax nivalis
McKay's Bunting, Plectrophenax hyperboreus
The Lark Bunting, Calamospiza melanocorys is an American sparrow.
The Lapland Bunting, Calcarius lapponicus, is also known as Lapland Longspur, and is considered under longspurs.