White-throated Towhee (Melozone albicollis)

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) [XC896471]
by Nathan Pieplow from SAn Agustin Etla, Lombriabono, Mexico (call)

White-throated Towhee (Melozone albicollis) [XC694362]
by Manuel Grosselet from MEX, Oax, oaxaca Jardin Botanico, Mexico (call)

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
See References.

Files:

JPG files for White-throated Towhee (Melozone albicollis) - 10 files

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