Melozone
| Melozone | |
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| Canyon towhee (Melozone fusca) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Passerellidae |
| Genus: | Melozone Reichenbach, 1850 |
| Type species | |
| Pyrgita biarcuata[1] Prévost & Des Murs, 1846
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Melozone is a genus of mostly Neotropical birds in the family Passerellidae, found mainly in Mexico. Three species reach as far north as the southwestern United States, two species reach as far south as Costa Rica, and two are endemic to Mexico.
It is one of two genera containing birds with the common name towhee.
Species
[edit]The following species are in the genus Melozone:[2]
| Image | Common Name | Scientific name | Distribution |
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Abert's towhee | Melozone aberti | Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico, and Sonora in Mexico. |
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Cabanis's ground sparrow | Melozone cabanisi | Costa Rica. |
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California towhee | Melozone crissalis | western Oregon and California in the United States and Baja California Sur in Mexico. |
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Canyon towhee | Melozone fusca | Southern Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico & western Texas, also present in northern & central Mexico. |
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Prevost's ground sparrow | Melozone biarcuata | southern Mexico to western Honduras. |
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Rusty-crowned ground sparrow | Melozone kieneri | western and southwestern Mexico. |
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White-eared ground sparrow | Melozone leucotis | Mexico and Guatemala to northern Costa Rica. |
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White-throated towhee | Melozone albicollis | Mexico. |
References
[edit]- ^ "Passerellidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
- ^ "ITIS Report: Melozone". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 5 August 2013.