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Spotted Towhee
Pipilo maculatus
  Swainson, 1827
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Pipilo chlorurus
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Pipilo erythrophthalmus
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Taxonomy and Distribution

Taxa

 Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus (30164)
 
 
Polytypic Group: Spotted Towhee (Pacific): oregonus
 oregonusCoastal sw Br. Col. to sw Oregon, > to s California
 falciferCoastal n Calif. (Del Norte to Santa Cruz and San Benito counties)
 megalonyxCoastal s Calif. (Monterey) to nw Baja Calif. and Santa Cruz I.
 clementaeSanta Rosa, Santa Catalina and San Clemente is. (off s California)
 umbraticolaNW Baja California (latitude 32°N to 30°N)
 consobrinusFormerly Isla Guadalupe (off w Baja California). Extinct
 magnirostrisMountains of s Baja California (Sierra de la Laguna)
 
Monotypic Group: Spotted Towhee (Great Plains): arcticus
 arcticusGreat Plains of North America to sw US, > to ne Mexico
 
Polytypic Group: Spotted Towhee (Rocky Mts.): maculatus
 curtatusSE Br. Col. to ne Calif., Nevada and Idaho, > to se Calif.
 falcinellusInterior sw Oregon to Sierra Nevada and San Joaquin Valley
 montanusSW US to nw Mexico, > to n Mexico
 gaigeiMountains of New Mexico, w Texas and n Mexico (n Coahuila)
 griseipygiusMountains of w Mexico (Sierra Madre Occidental)
 orientalisMountains of e Mexico (Sierra Madre Oriental)
 maculatusHighlands of e Mexico (Hidalgo to Veracruz and e Puebla)
 sympatricusMountains of e Mexico (Sierra de Tuxtla of Veracruz)
 vulcanorumMts. of c Mexico (México, ne Morelos, sw Tlaxcala and w Puebla)
 oaxacaeHighlands of s Mexico (n and central Oaxaca)
 chiapensisMountains of s Mexico (central Chiapas)
 repetensMountains of s Mexico (se Chiapas) and w Guatemala
 
Monotypic Group: Spotted Towhee (Olive-backed): macronyx
 macronyxMts. of c Mexico (e Michoacán, México, Morelos, Dist. Federal)
 
Monotypic Group: Spotted Towhee (Socorro): socorroensis
 socorroensisSocorro I. (Revillagigedo Islands off w Mexico)


References

  • Pipilo maculatus: Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2012. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world. http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
  • Pipilo maculatus: Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2011. The Clements checklist of birds of the world
  • Pipilo maculatus: Gill, F & D Donsker (Eds). 2013. IOC World Bird Names (v 3.3). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org [Accessed 2013-02-04]
  • Pipilo maculatus: Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2012. IOC World Bird List (v 3.2). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/ [Accessed 2012-11-19]
  • Pipilo maculatus: Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2012. IOC World Bird List (v 3.1). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/
  • Pipilo maculatus: Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2012. IOC World Bird Names (v 2.11). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/
  • S.N.G. Howell and S. Webb: A Guide to the Birds of Mexico and Northern Central America; Oxford University Press, April 1995; ISBN:0-198-54012-4