California Towhee Melozone crissalis Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (24)
- Subspecies (5)
Lauryn Benedict, M. R. Kunzmann, Kevin Ellison, L. Purcell, R. Roy Johnson, and Lois T. Haight
Version: 1.1 — Published October 22, 2024
Revision Notes
Revision Notes
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Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Bulgarian | Калифорнийска земна овесарка |
Catalan | toquí de Califòrnia |
Croatian | pepeljasti strnadar |
Dutch | Californische towie |
English | California Towhee |
English (United States) | California Towhee |
Estonian | kalifornia maasidrik |
Finnish | kalifornianpipilo |
French | Tohi de Californie |
French (Canada) | Tohi de Californie |
German | Kaliforniengrundammer |
Icelandic | Brúntittlingur |
Japanese | カリフォルニアムジトウヒチョウ |
Norwegian | kaliforniatovi |
Polish | ziemnołuszcz kalifornijski |
Russian | Калифорнийский тохи |
Serbian | Kalifornijski pipilo |
Slovak | strnádlik kalifornský |
Spanish | Toquí Californiano |
Spanish (Mexico) | Rascador Californiano |
Spanish (Spain) | Toquí californiano |
Swedish | kalifornisk snårsparv |
Turkish | Kaliforniya Tovisi |
Ukrainian | Тауї каліфорнійський |
Revision Notes
Shawn M. Billerman standardized the content with Clements taxonomy.
Melozone crissalis (Vigors, 1839)
PROTONYM:
Fringilla crissalis
Vigors, 1839. The zoology of Captain Beechey's voyage, p.19.
TYPE LOCALITY:
no locality ; type from Monterey, Monterey County, California, fide Sharpe, 1888, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., 3, p. 754.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2024
Definitions
- MELOZONE
- crissale / crissalis
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● and ● See: generic homonyms
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Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
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ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Figure 1. Distribution of the California Towhee.
Year-round range, USA and Baja California, Mexico.