Phylogenetic relationships of 36 Fringillidae species based on mitochondrial CoI gene sequences were reconstructed using the Bayesian (BI) maximum-likelihood (ML) and Neighbor-joining(NJ)methods. The results suggest that the relationship of
Calcarius lapponicus
and
Emberiza
is more closely related than other
Fringillidae
species.Our results support the view that
Latoucheornis siemsseni
is included in Genus Emberiza as
E. siemsseni, and confirms that there is a close relationship between
Mycerobas affinis
and
Eophona migratorius
. This study also finds that
Urocynchramus pylzowi
is distantly related to
Uragus sibiricus
, but
Uragus sibiricus and
Carpodacus
are closely related. The result also supports that fringillids and emberizids can be listed into two subfamilies under the family Fringillidae: Fringillinae and Emberizinae.