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Spotted Towhee
Pipilo maculatus Swainson, WJ 1827
The spotted towhee is a large New World sparrow. The taxonomy of the towhees has been debated in recent decades, and until 1995 this bird and the eastern towhee were considered a single species, the rufous-sided towhee. Another outdated name for the spotted towhee is the Oregon towhee. The call may be harsher and more varied than for the eastern towhee. Source: Wikipedia
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Passeriformes
Family:
Passerellidae
Genus:
Pipilo
Scientific:
Pipilo maculatus
Classification
Order:Passeriformes
Family:
Passerellidae
Genus:
Pipilo
Scientific:
Pipilo maculatus
Original description
Citation:
Swainson, WJ 1827
Reference:
Philosophical Mag.
n.s., 1 p.434
Protonym:
Pipilo maculata
Type locality:
Real del Monte [, Hidalgo] , Mexico.
Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/53108#page/450/mode/1up
Avibase identifiers
Avibase ID:
0B0BC750365D5F26
Avibase ID:
avibase-0B0BC750
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/0B0BC750
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 554380
Geographic range:
- Pipilo maculatus maculatus: highlands of eastern Mexico (Hidalgo to Veracruz and eastern Puebla)
- Pipilo maculatus sympatricus: mountains of eastern Mexico (Sierra de Tuxtla of Veracruz)
- Pipilo maculatus curtatus: southeastern British Columbia to northeastern California, Nevada, and Idaho; winters to southeastern California
- Pipilo maculatus falcinellus: interior southwestern Oregon to Sierra Nevada and San Joaquin Valley
- Pipilo maculatus montanus: southwestern USA to northwestern Mexico; winters to northern Mexico
- Pipilo maculatus gaigei: mountains of New Mexico, western Texas, and northern Mexico (northern Coahuila)
- Pipilo maculatus griseipygius: mountains of western Mexico (Sierra Madre Occidental)
- Pipilo maculatus orientalis: mountains of eastern Mexico (Sierra Madre Oriental)
- Pipilo maculatus chiapensis: mountains of southern Mexico (central Chiapas)
- Pipilo maculatus repetens: mountains of southern Mexico (southeastern Chiapas) and western Guatemala
- Pipilo maculatus arcticus: Great Plains of North America to southwestern USA; winters to northeastern Mexico
- Pipilo maculatus macronyx: mountains of central Mexico (eastern Michoacán, México, Morelos, and Distrito Federal)
- Pipilo maculatus vulcanorum: mountains of central Mexico (México, northeastern Morelos, southwestern Tlaxcala, and western Puebla)
- Pipilo maculatus oaxacae: highlands of southern Mexico (northern and central Oaxaca)
- Pipilo maculatus oregonus: coastal southwestern British Columbia to southwestern Oregon; winters to southern California
- Pipilo maculatus falcifer: coastal northern California (Del Norte to Santa Cruz and San Benito counties)
- Pipilo maculatus megalonyx: coastal southern California (Monterey) to northwestern Baja California and Santa Cruz Island
- Pipilo maculatus clementae: Santa Rosa, Santa Catalina, and San Clemente islands (off southern California)
- Pipilo maculatus umbraticola: northwestern Baja California (latitude 32°N to 30°N)
- Pipilo maculatus consobrinus: formerly Isla Guadalupe (off western Baja California); extinct, last observed in 1897
- Pipilo maculatus magnirostris: mountains of southern Baja California (Sierra de la Laguna)
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Source: Clements checklist
Spotted Towhee
Catalan:
toquí maculat
Czech:
pipilo skvrnitý
Danish:
Plettet Buskspurv
German:
Fleckengrundammer
Spanish:
Rascador Ojirrojo
Spanish (Spain):
Toquí Moteado
Finnish:
lännenloistopipilo
French:
Tohi tacheté
Italian:
Touì macchiato
Japanese (romaji):
wakiakatouhichou
Japanese:
ワキアカトウヒチョウ
Lithuanian:
Dėmėtasis pipilas
Dutch:
Gevlekte Towie
Norwegian:
Flekktovi
Polish:
pipil czarnogrzbiety
Russian:
Пятнистый тоухи
Slovak:
strnádlik škvrnitý
Serbian:
Pegavi pipilo
Swedish:
Fläckig busksparv
Ukrainian:
Тауї плямистий
Chinese:
斑唧鹀
Chinese (Traditional):
斑點鵖鵐
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 19th suppl.): Arctic Towhee ( Pipilo maculatus) |
| American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 20th suppl.): Arctic Towhee ( Pipilo maculatus) |
| American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 21st suppl.): Arctic Towhee ( Pipilo maculatus) |
| American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 22nd suppl.): Arctic Towhee ( Pipilo maculatus) |
| American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 23rd suppl.): Arctic Towhee ( Pipilo maculatus) |
| American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 24th suppl.): Arctic Towhee ( Pipilo maculatus) |
| American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 25th suppl.): Arctic Towhee ( Pipilo maculatus) |
| American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 26th suppl.): Arctic Towhee ( Pipilo maculatus) |
| American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 27th suppl.): Arctic Towhee ( Pipilo maculatus) |
| American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 28th suppl.): Arctic Towhee ( Pipilo maculatus) |
| American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 40th suppl.): Spotted Towhee ( Pipilo maculatus) |
| American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 41st suppl.): Spotted Towhee ( Pipilo maculatus) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Spotted Towhee ( Pipilo maculatus) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Spotted Towhee ( Pipilo maculatus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Spotted Towhee ( Pipilo maculatus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Spotted Towhee ( Pipilo maculatus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Spotted Towhee ( Pipilo maculatus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Spotted Towhee ( Pipilo maculatus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Spotted Towhee ( Pipilo maculatus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Spotted Towhee ( Pipilo maculatus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Spotted Towhee ( Pipilo maculatus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Spotted Towhee ( Pipilo maculatus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Spotted Towhee ( Pipilo maculatus) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Spotted Towhee ( Pipilo maculatus) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Spotted Towhee ( Pipilo maculatus) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Spotted Towhee ( Pipilo maculatus) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Spotted Towhee ( Pipilo maculatus) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Spotted Towhee ( Pipilo maculatus) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Spotted Towhee ( Pipilo maculatus) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Spotted Towhee ( Pipilo maculatus) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Spotted Towhee ( Pipilo maculatus) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Spotted Towhee ( Pipilo maculatus) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Spotted Towhee ( Pipilo maculatus) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): Spotted Towhee ( Pipilo maculatus) [version 1] |
| Clements 4th edition: Spotted Towhee ( Pipilo maculatus) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (as published): Spotted Towhee ( Pipilo maculatus) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions): Spotted Towhee ( Pipilo maculatus) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions): Spotted Towhee ( Pipilo maculatus) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions): Spotted Towhee ( Pipilo maculatus) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions): Spotted Towhee ( Pipilo maculatus) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions): Spotted Towhee ( Pipilo maculatus) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions): Spotted Towhee ( Pipilo maculatus) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition: Spotted Towhee ( Pipilo maculatus) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions): Spotted Towhee ( Pipilo maculatus) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Spotted Towhee ( Pipilo maculatus) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Spotted Towhee ( Pipilo maculatus) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Spotted Towhee ( Pipilo maculatus) [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species (sometimes a subspecies)
This taxon is considered a subspecies of
Pipilo [maculatus or socorroensis]
(sensu lato) by some authors
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Other synonyms
See also the taxonomic synonyms table.
Catalan: toquí maculat
Czech: pipilo skvrnitý
Danish: Plettet Buskspurv
German: Fleckengrundammer
English: Arctic Towhee, Spotted Towhee
Esperanto: Makulpipilo
Spanish: Rascador Ojirrojo, Toquí moteado, toquí pinto
Spanish (Spain): Toquí Moteado
Spanish (Mexico): Rascador Ojirrojo, toquí pinto
Estonian: täpik-maasidrik
Finnish: lännenloistopipilo
French: Tohi tacheté
Italian: Touì macchiato
Japanese (romaji): wakiakatouhichou
Japanese: ワキアカトウヒチョウ
Scientific: Pipilo maculata, Pipilo maculatus, Pipilo maculatus maculatus
Lithuanian: Dėmėtasis pipilas
Latvian: punktainā stērste
Dutch: Gevlekte Towie
Norwegian: Flekktovi
Polish: Pipil czarnogrzbiety
Russian: Пятнистый тоухи
Slovak: strnádlik škvrnitý
Serbian: Pegavi pipilo
Swedish: Fläckig busksparv
Ukrainian: Тауї плямистий
Chinese: 斑唧鹀
Chinese (Traditional): 斑點鵖鵐
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