Ground-Sparrows and Brown Towhees
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.
It is one of two genera containing birds with the common name towhee.
11 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 9 known species
California Towhee
speciesMelozone crissalis
Canyon Towhee
speciesMelozone fusca
Abert's Towhee
speciesMelozone aberti
Rusty-crowned Ground-Sparrow
speciesMelozone kieneri
White-throated Towhee
speciesMelozone albicollis
White-eared Ground-Sparrow
speciesMelozone leucotis
White-faced Ground-Sparrow
speciesMelozone biarcuata
Cabanis's Ground-Sparrow
speciesMelozone cabanisi
Gray-crowned Ground-Sparrow
speciesMelozone occipitalis
Canyon × Abert's Towhee
hybridMelozone fusca × aberti
Melozone aberti × crissalis
hybridMelozone aberti × crissalis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 9522.