Abert's Towhee
Melozone aberti(Baird, SF, 1852)
English (US) Abert's Towhee
The Abert's Towhee (Melozone aberti) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Passerellidae (New World Sparrows) in the order Passeriformes.
- Scientific name
- Melozone aberti
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Abert's Towhee
- Described by
- (Baird, SF, 1852)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Melozone aberti aberti
- Melozone aberti dumeticola
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Pipilo aberti
- Described by
- (Baird, SF, 1852)
- Type locality
- 'New Mexico'; restricted to vicinity of Gila Bend, Maricopa County, Arizona, by Phillips, 1962, Anal. Inst. Biol. Mexico, 33, p. 366.
- Original description
- Exploration and survey of the valley of the Great Salt Lake of Utah, including a reconnoissance of a new route through the Rocky Mountains p.325
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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