Spotted Towhee

Pipilo maculatus - Tohi tacheté

Systematics

Order
:
Passeriformes
Family
:
Passerellidés
Genus
:
Pipilo
Species
:
maculatus

Descriptor

Swainson, 1827

Biometrics

Size
: 22 cm
Wingspan
: -
Weight
: 33 à 49 g

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus) is a species of bird in the Passerellidae family.

Subspecific information 21 subspecies

Pipilo maculatus maculatus (e Mexico)
Pipilo maculatus oregonus (sw Canada to sw Oregon. w USA.)
Pipilo maculatus falcifer (nw California. w USA.)
Pipilo maculatus megalonyx (wc California. w USA. to extreme nw Baja California (nw Mexico))
Pipilo maculatus clementae (islands off sw California. sw USA.)
Pipilo maculatus umbraticola (n Baja California. nw Mexico.)
Pipilo maculatus consobrinus (Isla de Guadalupe. off Baja California in nw Mexico.)
Pipilo maculatus magnirostris (s Baja California. nw Mexico.)
Pipilo maculatus curtatus (interior sw Canada and interior nw USA)
Pipilo maculatus falcinellus (s Oregon to c California. w USA.)
Pipilo maculatus arcticus (sc Canada and wc USA)
Pipilo maculatus montanus (sw USA and n Mexico)
Pipilo maculatus gaigei (e New Mexico and w Texas. sc USA. , nc Mexico)
Pipilo maculatus griseipygius (w Mexico)
Pipilo maculatus orientalis (ne Mexico)
Pipilo maculatus vulcanorum (sc Mexico)
Pipilo maculatus oaxacae (Oaxaca. s Mexico.)
Pipilo maculatus chiapensis (c Chiapas. s Mexico.)
Pipilo maculatus repetens (se Chiapas. s Mexico. and w Guatemala)
Pipilo maculatus macronyx (sw to sc Mexico)
Pipilo maculatus socorroensis (Socorro I.. off w Mexico.)

Foreign names

Tohi tacheté,
Toquí moteado,
pipilo-manchado,
Fleckengrundammer,
Gevlekte Towie,
Touì macchiato,
fläckig snårsparv,
Flekktovi,
strnádlik škvrnitý,
pipilo skvrnitý,
Plettet Buskspurv,
lännenloistopipilo,
toquí maculat,
pipil czarnogrzbiety,
punktainā stērste,
Пятнистый тауи,
ホシワキアカトウヒチョウ,
斑唧鹀,
斑點鵖鵐,

Voice song and cries

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Habitat

Forest : Temperate, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical Moist, Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest