Abert's Towhee (Melozone aberti), version 1.0

Robert C. Tweit; Deborah M. Finch

doi:10.2173/bow.abetow.01

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Abert's Towhee (Melozone aberti), version 1.0

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Authors:

Robert C. Tweit, Deborah M. Finch

Year:

2020

Type:

Miscellaneous

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.abetow.01

Source:

In: A. Poole, F.; Gill, F. B., eds. Birds of the World. Ithaca, NY: Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Online: https://birdsoftheworld.org/bow/species/abetow/1.0/introduction.

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Abstract

Forest Service employees have access to all features of this and other species descriptions through the Birds of the World database. Access Birds of the World through the National Forest Service Library database collection. Recent analysis of mitochondrial genes suggests that the predominantly brown towhees - California, Abert's, Canyon, and White-throated - are more closely related to the Melozone ground-sparrows than they are to the predominantly black or green towhees. As a result, “brown towhees” are now placed in the genus Melozone. See the 51st Supplement to the AOU Checklist of North American Birds for details. Future revisions of this account will reflect these changes.

Keywords

Abert's Towhee, Melozone aberti

Citation

Tweit, Robert C.; Finch, D. M. 2020. Abert's Towhee (Melozone aberti), version 1.0. In: A. Poole, F.; Gill, F. B., eds. Birds of the World. Ithaca, NY: Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Online: https://birdsoftheworld.org/bow/species/abetow/1.0/introduction.