Melozone

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.

Melozone
Canyon towhee (Melozone fusca)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Passerellidae
Genus: Melozone
Reichenbach, 1850
Type species
Pyrgita biarcuata[1]
Prévost & Des Murs, 1846

It is one of two genera containing birds with the common name towhee.

Species

The following species are in the genus Melozone:[2]

ImageCommon NameScientific nameDistribution
Abert's towheeMelozone abertiArizona, California, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico, and Sonora in Mexico.
Cabanis's ground sparrowMelozone cabanisiCosta Rica.
California towheeMelozone crissaliswestern Oregon and California in the United States and Baja California Sur in Mexico.
Canyon towheeMelozone fuscafrom Oregon and California in the United States through Baja California in Mexico.
Prevost's ground sparrowMelozone biarcuatasouthern Mexico to western Honduras.
Rusty-crowned ground sparrowMelozone kieneriwestern and southwestern Mexico.
White-eared ground sparrowMelozone leucotisMexico and Guatemala to northern Costa Rica.
White-throated towheeMelozone albicollisMexico.

References

  1. "Passerellidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
  2. "ITIS Report: Melozone". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 5 August 2013.
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