California Towhee Melozone crissalis Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (20)
- Subspecies (8)
Lauryn Benedict, M. R. Kunzmann, Kevin Ellison, L. Purcell, R. Roy Johnson, and Lois T. Haight
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated May 20, 2011
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated May 20, 2011
Sign in to see your badges
Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Dutch | Californische Towie |
| English | California Towhee |
| English (United States) | California Towhee |
| Finnish | kalifornianpipilo |
| French | Tohi de Californie |
| French (French Guiana) | Tohi de Californie |
| German | Kaliforniengrundammer |
| Icelandic | Brúntittlingur |
| Japanese | カリフォルニアムジトウヒチョウ |
| Norwegian | kaliforniatovi |
| Polish | ziemnołuszcz kalifornijski |
| Russian | Калифорнийский тохи |
| Serbian | Kalifornijski pipilo |
| Slovak | strnádlik kalifornský |
| Spanish | Toquí Californiano |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Rascador Californiano |
| Spanish (Spain) | Toquí californiano |
| Swedish | kalifornisk snårsparv |
| Turkish | Kaliforniya Tovisi |
| Ukrainian | Тауї каліфорнійський |
Melozone crissalis (Vigors, 1839)
PROTONYM:
Fringilla crissalis
Vigors, 1839. Zool. Beechey'sVoy., p.19.
TYPE LOCALITY:
no locality ; type from Monterey, Monterey County, California, fide Sharpe, 1888, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., 3, p. 754.
Definitions
- MELOZONE
- crissale / crissalis
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Account navigation Account navigation
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Figure 1. Distribution of the California Towhee.
Year-round range, USA and Baja California, Mexico.