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Melozone
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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.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassAves
  4. OrderPasseriformes
  5. FamilyPasserellidae
Observations recorded3,183,524

via GBIF

Museum specimens

Specimen records
163
With media
2
Family
Passerellidae
Collections
CAS, UCLA, CUMV, WFVZ
Recorded in
Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Passerellidae
Image
Abert's Towhee (Pipilo aberti).jpg
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Commons category
Melozone
taxon rank
genus
taxon name
Melozone
topic's main category
Category:Melozone
Commons gallery
Melozone
taxon common name
Овсянки-чиапа
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Encyclopedic overview

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  • Species
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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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Melozone” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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