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Spotted Towhee [maculatus, incl. oaxacae, vulcanorum]

Pipilo maculatus [maculatus, incl. oaxacae, vulcanorum] (= Pipilo maculatus maculatus) Swainson, WJ 1827

Classification
Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Passerellidae
Genus:
   Pipilo
Scientific:
  Pipilo maculatus 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:
  FF00C121B07EBCC9

Avibase ID:
  avibase-FF00C121

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/FF00C121


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 vulcanorum: mountains of central Mexico (México, northeastern Morelos, southwestern Tlaxcala, and western Puebla)
  • Pipilo maculatus oaxacae: highlands of southern Mexico (northern and central Oaxaca)
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English:
Spotted Towhee [maculatus, incl. oaxacae, vulcanorum]
French:
Tohi tacheté [maculatus, incl. oaxacae, vulcanorum]


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Spotted Towhee [maculatus, incl. oaxacae, vulcanorum] ( Pipilo maculatus [maculatus, incl. oaxacae, vulcanorum])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Spotted Towhee [maculatus, incl. oaxacae, vulcanorum] ( Pipilo maculatus [maculatus, incl. oaxacae, vulcanorum])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Spotted Towhee [maculatus, incl. oaxacae, vulcanorum] ( Pipilo maculatus [maculatus, incl. oaxacae, vulcanorum])
eBird version 1.50:
Spotted Towhee (Rocky Mts.) ( Pipilo maculatus [maculatus Group]) [version 4]
eBird version 1.52:
Spotted Towhee (Rocky Mts.) ( Pipilo maculatus [maculatus Group]) [version 4]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: subspecies group (alt)

This taxon is a subspecies of Pipilo maculatus

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English: Spotted Towhee (Rocky Mts.), Spotted Towhee [maculatus, incl. oaxacae, vulcanorum]
French: Tohi tacheté (Rocheuses), Tohi tacheté [maculatus, incl. oaxacae, vulcanorum]
Scientific: Pipilo maculatus [maculatus Group], Pipilo maculatus [maculatus, incl. oaxacae, vulcanorum], Pipilo maculatus maculatus

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