Biology:Melozone

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Short description: Genus of birds

Melozone
Pipilo fuscus2.jpg
Canyon towhee (Melozone fusca)
Scientific classification e
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

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

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

Image Common Name Scientific name Distribution
Abert's Towhee (16759397875).jpg Abert's towhee Melozone aberti Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico, and Sonora in Mexico.
Mauricio Pinzon Cafetalero 81048.jpg Cabanis's ground sparrow Melozone cabanisi Costa Rica.
Melozone crissalis 103257560.jpg California towhee Melozone crissalis western Oregon and California in the United States and Baja California Sur in Mexico.
Pipilo fuscus2.jpg Canyon towhee Melozone fusca from Oregon and California in the United States through Baja California in Mexico.
Prevosts Ground-Sparrow (Melozone biarcuatum) (5771871547) (cropped).jpg Prevost's ground sparrow Melozone biarcuata southern Mexico to western Honduras.
Rusty-crowned Ground-Sparrow (Melozone kieneri) (8079396250).jpg Rusty-crowned ground sparrow Melozone kieneri western and southwestern Mexico.
Melozone leucotis Monteverde.jpg White-eared ground sparrow Melozone leucotis Mexico and Guatemala to northern Costa Rica.
White-throated Towhee - Oaxaca - Mexico S4E9162 (22765145593) (cropped).jpg White-throated towhee Melozone albicollis Mexico.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q1080266 entry