Canyon Towhee
Melozone fusca(Swainson, WJ, 1827)
English (US) Canyon Towhee
The Canyon Towhee (Melozone fusca) 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 fusca
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Canyon Towhee
- Described by
- (Swainson, WJ, 1827)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 10 subspecies for this species.
- Melozone fusca mesoleuca
- Melozone fusca intermedia
- Melozone fusca jamesi
- Melozone fusca mesata
- Melozone fusca texana
- Melozone fusca perpallida
- Melozone fusca fusca
- Melozone fusca potosina
- Melozone fusca campoi
- Melozone fusca toroi
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Pipilo fusca
- Described by
- (Swainson, WJ, 1827)
- Type locality
- Temiscaltipec [= Temascaltepec] , Mexico, Mexico.
- Original description
- The Philosophical Magazine, New Series n.s., 1 p.434
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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