Melozone


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.

Species

The following species are in the genus Melozone:
ImageCommon nameScientific nameDistribution
Abert's towheeMelozone abertiArizona, California, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico, and Sonora in Mexico.
Cabanis's ground sparrowMelozone cabanisiCosta Rica.
California towheeMelozone crissaliswestern Oregon and California in the United States and Baja California Sur in Mexico.
Canyon towheeMelozone fuscaSouthern Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico & western Texas, also present in northern & central Mexico.
Prevost's ground sparrowMelozone biarcuatasouthern Mexico to western Honduras.
Rusty-crowned ground sparrowMelozone kieneriwestern and southwestern Mexico.
White-eared ground sparrowMelozone leucotisMexico and Guatemala to northern Costa Rica.
White-throated towheeMelozone albicollisMexico.