Green-tailed Towhee (Pipilo chlorurus), version 2.0

Dobbs, R. C.; Martin, P. R.; Martin, Thomas E.

doi:10.2173/bna.368

Green-tailed Towhee Pipilo chlorurus

R. C. Dobbs, P. R. Martin, and Thomas E. Martin
Version: 2.0 — Published December 21, 2012

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Introduction
Appearance
- Similar Species
- Detailed Description
- Plumages
- Molts
- Bare Parts
- Linear Measurements
- Mass
Systematics
- Geographic Variation
- Subspecies
- Related Species
Distribution, Migration, and Habitat
- Distribution in the Americas
- Distribution Outside the Americas
- Nature of Migration
- Timing and Routes of Migration
- Migratory Behavior
- Control and Physiology of Migration
- Habitat in Breeding Range
- Habitat in Migration
- Habitat in the Overwintering Range
- Historical Changes to the Distribution
- Fossil History
Diet and Foraging
- Feeding
- Diet
- Food Selection and Storage
- Nutrition and Energetics
- Metabolism and Temperature Regulation
- Drinking, Pellet-Casting, and Defecation
Sounds and Vocal Behavior
- Vocalizations
- Nonvocal Sounds
Behavior
- Locomotion
- Self-Maintenance
- Agonistic Behavior
- Spacing
- Sexual Behavior
- Social and Interspecific Behavior
- Predation
Breeding
- Phenology
- Nest Site
- Nest
- Eggs
- Incubation
- Hatching
- Young Birds
- Parental Care
- Cooperative Breeding
- Brood Parasitism
- Fledgling Stage
- Immature Stage
Demography and Populations
- Measures of Breeding Activity
- Life Span and Survivorship
- Disease and Body Parasites
- Causes of Mortality
- Range
- Population Status
- Population Regulation
Conservation and Management
- Effects of Human Activity
- Management
Priorities for Future Research
Acknowledgments
About the Author(s)

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Figure 1. Distribution of the Green-tailed Towhee. - Range Map — Enlarge

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Figure 1. Distribution of the Green-tailed Towhee.

Recommended Citation

Dobbs, R. C., P. R. Martin, and T. E. Martin (2012). Green-tailed Towhee (Pipilo chlorurus), version 2.0. In The Birds of North America (A. F. Poole, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bna.368

Language	Common name
Dutch	Groenstaarttowie
English (United States)	Green-tailed Towhee
French	Tohi à queue verte
German	Grünschwanz-Grundammer
Icelandic	Grastittlingur
Japanese	ミドリトウヒチョウ
Norwegian	grønntovi
Polish	pipil rudogłowy
Russian	Зелёнохвостый тохи
Serbian	Zelenorepi pipilo
Slovak	strnádlik zelenochvostý
Spanish	Toquí Coliverde
Spanish (Cuba)	Gorrión de cola verde
Spanish (Mexico)	Rascador Cola Verde
Spanish (Spain)	Toquí coliverde
Swedish	grönstjärtad smårsparv
Turkish	Yeşil Kuyruklu Tovi

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