Pipilo maculatus [excl. consobrinus] (Spotted Towhee [excl. consobrinus])

Spotted Towhee [excl. consobrinus]

Pipilo maculatus [excl. consobrinus] (= 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 Another outdated name for the spotted towhee is the Oregon towhee.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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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:
4A6D2B3A09DC1603

Avibase ID:
avibase-4A6D2B3A

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/4A6D2B3A

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 magnirostris: mountains of southern Baja California (Sierra de la Laguna)
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Source: Clements checklist

English:
Spotted Towhee [excl. consobrinus]
French:
Tohi tacheté [excl. consobrinus]

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (1886): Arctic Towhee ( Pipilo maculatus)
American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 1st suppl.): Arctic Towhee ( Pipilo maculatus)
American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 2nd suppl.): Arctic Towhee ( Pipilo maculatus)
American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 3rd suppl.): Arctic Towhee ( Pipilo maculatus)
American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 4th suppl.): Arctic Towhee ( Pipilo maculatus)
American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 5th suppl.): Arctic Towhee ( Pipilo maculatus)
American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 6th suppl.): Arctic Towhee ( Pipilo maculatus)
American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 7th suppl.): Arctic Towhee ( Pipilo maculatus)
American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (1895): Arctic Towhee ( Pipilo maculatus)
American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 8th suppl.): Arctic Towhee ( Pipilo maculatus)
American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 9th suppl.): Arctic Towhee ( Pipilo maculatus)
American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 10th suppl.): Arctic Towhee ( Pipilo maculatus)
American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 11th suppl.): Arctic Towhee ( Pipilo maculatus)
American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 12th suppl.): Arctic Towhee ( Pipilo maculatus)
American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 13th suppl.): Arctic Towhee ( Pipilo maculatus)
American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 14th suppl.): Arctic Towhee ( Pipilo maculatus)
American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 15th suppl.): Arctic Towhee ( Pipilo maculatus)
American Ornithologists' Union 3rd edition (1910): Arctic Towhee ( Pipilo maculatus)
American Ornithologists' Union 3rd edition (incl. 16th suppl.): Arctic Towhee ( Pipilo maculatus)
American Ornithologists' Union 3rd edition (incl. 17th suppl.): Arctic Towhee ( Pipilo maculatus)
American Ornithologists' Union 3rd edition (incl. 18th suppl.): Arctic Towhee ( Pipilo maculatus)
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (1931): Arctic Towhee ( Pipilo maculatus)
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Spotted Towhee [excl. consobrinus] ( Pipilo maculatus [excl. consobrinus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Spotted Towhee [excl. consobrinus] ( Pipilo maculatus [excl. consobrinus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Spotted Towhee [excl. consobrinus] ( Pipilo maculatus [excl. consobrinus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Spotted Towhee [excl. consobrinus] ( Pipilo maculatus [excl. consobrinus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Spotted Towhee [excl. consobrinus] ( Pipilo maculatus [excl. consobrinus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Spotted Towhee [excl. consobrinus] ( Pipilo maculatus [excl. consobrinus])

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Species status: species (alt)

This taxon is a subspecies of Pipilo maculatus

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