- Melozone
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Melozone Canyon Towhee Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Passeriformes Family: Emberizidae Genus: Melozone
Reichenbach, 1850Melozone is a genus of mostly neotropical birds in the Emberizidae family, 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. The following species are in the genus Melozone:[1]
- Prevost's Ground-sparrow (Melozone biarcuata)
- Rusty-crowned Ground-sparrow (Melozone kieneri)
- White-eared Ground-Sparrow (Melozone leucotis)
- Canyon Towhee (Melozone fusca)
- White-throated Towhee (Melozone albicollis)
- California Towhee (Melozone crissalis)
- Abert's Towhee (Melozone aberti)
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