Pipilo
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| Pipilo | |
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| File:Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus).jpg | |
| Spotted towhee (Pipilo maculatus) | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Passerellidae |
| Genus: | Pipilo Vieillot, 1816 |
| Type species | |
| Fringilla erythrophthalma[1] Linnaeus, 1758
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| Species | |
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Pipilo is a genus of birds in the American sparrow family Passerellidae. It is one of two genera containing birds with the common name towhee.
Taxonomy
[edit | edit source]The genus Pipilo was introduced by the French ornithologist Louis Pierre Vieillot in 1816 with the eastern towhee as the type species.[2][3] The name Pipilo is Neo-Latin for "bunting" from pipilare "to chirp".[4] Within the New World sparrow family Passerellidae, the genus Pipilo is sister to the larger genus Atlapetes.[5]
Species
[edit | edit source]The genus contains five species:[6]
| Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| File:Green-tailed Towhee.jpg | Pipilo chlorurus | Green-tailed towhee | interior Western United States, with a winter range in Mexico and the southern edge of the Southwestern United States |
| File:Collared Towhee - Oaxaca, Mexico.jpg | Pipilo ocai | Collared towhee | Mexico |
| File:Pipilo erythrophthalmus -Quabbin Reservoir, Massachusetts, USA -male-8.jpg | Pipilo erythrophthalmus | Eastern towhee | eastern North America |
| File:SpottedTowhee-24JAN2017.jpg | Pipilo maculatus | Spotted towhee | across western North America |
| Pipilo naufragus | Bermuda towhee | Bermuda; extinct |
References
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External links
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- File:Wikispecies-logo.svg Data related to Pipilo at Wikispecies
- Towhee videos, photos and sounds on the Internet Bird Collection
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