Pipilo
Genus of birds
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::summary Genus of birds ::
| image = Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus).jpg | image_caption = Spotted towhee (Pipilo maculatus) | taxon = Pipilo | authority = Vieillot, 1816 | type_species = Fringilla erythrophthalma | type_species_authority = Linnaeus, 1758 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = 4, see text
Pipilo is a genus of birds in the American sparrow family Passerellidae. It is one of two genera containing birds with the common name towhee.
Taxonomy
The genus Pipilo was introduced by the French ornithologist Louis Pierre Vieillot in 1816 with the eastern towhee as the type species. The name Pipilo is Neo-Latin for "bunting" from pipilare "to chirp". Within the New World sparrow family Passerellidae, the genus Pipilo is sister to the larger genus Atlapetes.
Species
The genus contains five species:
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| Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| [[File:Green-tailed Towhee.jpg | 120px]] | Pipilo chlorurus | Green-tailed towhee |
| [[File:Collared Towhee - Oaxaca, Mexico.jpg | 120px]] | Pipilo ocai | Collared towhee |
| [[File:Pipilo erythrophthalmus -Quabbin Reservoir, Massachusetts, USA -male-8.jpg | 120px]] | Pipilo erythrophthalmus | Eastern towhee |
| [[File:SpottedTowhee-24JAN2017.jpg | 120px]] | Pipilo maculatus | Spotted towhee |
| Pipilo naufragus | Bermuda towhee | Bermuda; extinct | |
| :: |
References
References
- . ["Passerellidae"](https://www.aviansystematics.org/4th-edition-checklist?viewfamilies=232). *The Trust for Avian Systematics*.
- Vieillot, Louis Pierre. (1816). "Analyse d'une Nouvelle Ornithologie Élémentaire". Deterville/self.
- (1970). "Check-List of Birds of the World". Museum of Comparative Zoology.
- Jobling, J.A.. (2018). "Key to Scientific Names in Ornithology". Lynx Edicions.
- (2016). "Target enrichment of thousands of ultraconserved elements sheds new light on early relationships within New World sparrows (Aves: Passerellidae)". The Auk.
- (2020). "New World Sparrows, Bush Tanagers". International Ornithologists' Union.
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