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Abert's towhee (Melozone aberti) is a bird of the family Passerellidae, native to a small range in southwestern North America, generally the lower Colorado River and Gila River watersheds, nearly endemic to Arizona, but also present in small parts of California, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico, and Sonora in Mexico.
A towhee is any one of a number of species of birds in the genus Pipilo or Melozone within the family Passerellidae (which also includes American sparrows and juncos). Towhees typically have longer tails than other Passerellidae. Most species tend to avoid humans, so they are not well-known, though the eastern towhee P. erythrophthalmus is ...
Abert's towhee, Melozone aberti, (–Sonoran Desert–) Black-throated sparrow, Amphispiza bilineata [1] Permanent breeding range, (but ranges E to Texas, and also Summer ranges to very S Oregon, very S Idaho). Yellow-headed blackbird, Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus. Permanent in S Lower Colorado River Valley
Melozone is a genus of mostly Neotropical birds in the family Passerellidae, 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. It is one of two genera containing birds with the common name towhee.
This list of birds of California is a comprehensive listing of all the bird species seen naturally in the U.S. state of ... Abert's towhee, Melozone aberti; ...
Abert's towhee [1] Ash-throated flycatcher [1] Bell's vireo [2] Black rail [3] Black-tailed gnatcatcher [1] Black-throated sparrow [citation needed] Blue grosbeak [1] Brown-crested flycatcher [4] Brown-headed cowbird [1] Cactus wren [1] Crissal thrasher [1] Curve-billed thrasher; Gambel's quail [1] Gila woodpecker [1] Gilded flicker [2] Greater ...
Among the largest bird families, the emberizids, reaches its largest size in the Abert's towhee (Pipilo aberti) of Southwest United States and north Mexico at up to 23 cm (9.1 in) and 80 g (2.8 oz). [120]
Only Abert's towhee, lark sparrow, song sparrow and the black-throated sparrow are summer residents. Sage sparrow, Amphispiza belli, ---(winter range) Lark bunting, Calamospiza melanocorys, ---SE Arizona biome, (winter range) Savannah sparrow, Passerculus sandwichensis, ---(winter range)