Collared Towhee
Pipilo ocai(Lawrence, GN, 1865)
English (US) Collared Towhee
The Collared Towhee (Pipilo ocai) 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
- Pipilo ocai
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Collared Towhee
- Described by
- (Lawrence, GN, 1865)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 5 subspecies for this species.
- Pipilo ocai alticola
- Pipilo ocai nigrescens
- Pipilo ocai guerrerensis
- Pipilo ocai brunnescens
- Pipilo ocai ocai
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Buarremon ocai
- Described by
- (Lawrence, GN, 1865)
- Type locality
- amended to Las Vigas, northern base of Cofre de Perote, west of Jalapa, Veracruz, Mexico, by Sibley, 1950, Univ. California Publ. Zool., 50, p. 144.
- Original description
- Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York 8(1867) p.126
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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