Emberiza fossil map
Where fossils of Emberiza have been found, shown on the Earth as it looked about 0 million years ago and on today’s map.
Dots are fossil collections recorded in the Paleobiology Database. The “then” view moves today’s fossil sites back to their positions 0 million years ago (the time slice nearest the median age of the fossils) using the Merdith et al. (2021) plate model; positions are approximate. Open on the timeline map →
| Group | Prehistoric birds |
|---|---|
| Lived | 8.725 million years ago to the present (Tortonian to Holocene) |
| Periods | Neogene, Quaternary |
| Family | Emberizidae |
| Named by | Linnaeus 1758 |
| Fossil records | 25 occurrences at 14 locations (PBDB) |
| Found in | Greece, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom, Yemen, Russia, France, New Zealand |
| Rock formations | txn:133797 |
About Emberiza
The buntings are a group of Old World passerine birds forming the genus Emberiza, the only genus in the family Emberizidae. The family contains 44 species. They are seed-eating birds with stubby, conical bills that inhabit open and half-open habitats, including deserts, stony drylands, shrubland, savanna, and open taiga forests.
Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Emberiza (revision 1381461811), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0; introduction excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Ages, family, authority and fossil records: Paleobiology Database, accessed 23 October 2026. Ages are those of the rock layers the fossils were found in. Wikidata: Q614481.
