Melozone

Melozone
Canyon towhee (Melozone fusca)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Passerellidae
Genus:	Melozone Reichenbach, 1850

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. The following species are in the genus Melozone:^[1]

• Abert's towhee (Melozone aberti)
• Cabanis's ground sparrow (Melozone cabanisi)
• California towhee (Melozone crissalis)
• Canyon towhee (Melozone fusca)
• Prevost's ground sparrow (Melozone biarcuata)
• Rusty-crowned ground sparrow (Melozone kieneri)
• White-eared ground sparrow (Melozone leucotis)
• White-throated towhee (Melozone albicollis)

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