California Towhee
Melozone crissalis(Vigors, NA, 1839)
English (US) California Towhee
The California Towhee (Melozone crissalis) 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 crissalis
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- California Towhee
- Described by
- (Vigors, NA, 1839)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 5 subspecies for this species.
- Melozone crissalis petulans
- Melozone crissalis crissalis
- Melozone crissalis senicula
- Melozone crissalis aripolia
- Melozone crissalis albigula
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Fringilla crissalis
- Described by
- (Vigors, NA, 1839)
- Type locality
- no locality ; type from Monterey, Monterey County, California, fide Sharpe, 1888, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., 3, p. 754.
- Original description
- The zoology of Captain Beechey's voyage p.19
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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