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 LC    White-throated Towhee* Id (Atlas):
    Melozone albicollis Endemic

Description (10)
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Other Scientific Names
Pipilo albicollis [Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993)], Pipilo albicollis [Stotz et al. (1996)], Pipilo albicollis [BirdLife International (2004, 2008)], Pyrgisoma albicolle

Family
Passerellidae (New World Sparrows)

Size
19 - 19.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Sclater, 1858)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical high altitude shrubland. From 1,150 - 2,800 m, occasionally down to 1,000 m.

Range (Guide)
Mexico.

Population
Estimated population is 50,000 - 499,999 (2020) and stable.

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (103)...)

 
White-throated Towhee (Melozone albicollis) [XC554920]
     by Manuel Grosselet from Oaxaca, San Augustin Etla, terreno de Golf, Mexico (song)

 
White-throated Towhee (Melozone albicollis) [XC620788]
     by Manuel Grosselet from Teotitl\u00e1n del Valle, Teotitl\u00e1n del Valle, Oaxaca, Mexico (song)

Subspecies
Formerly placed in genus Pipilo and sometimes in Melozone. Molecular analysis indicates that Canyon Towhee (Melozone fusca) is a sister-taxon.

Proposed subspecies parvirostre (described from north-central Oaxaca) was based on seasonal differences in plumage and bill length; synonymized with nominate.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

  • marshalli (Parkes, 1974)   -  Southern Puebla (possibly also eastern Guerrero), in southern Mexico.
  • albicollis (P. L. Sclater, 1858)   -  Oak-pine zone of southern Mexico (southern Puebla and eastern Guerrero to central Oaxaca).



References
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Files:
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