California Towhee / Melozone crissalis
California Towhee bird information | Values |
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Conservation status | LC - Least concern |
Synonyms | Canyon Towhee, Californian Towhee, Brown Towhee |
Old latin name for bird | Kieneria crissalis, Aimophila crissalis, Pipilo crissalis, Fringilla crissalis, Pyrgisoma crissale |
Order | Perching birds / Passeriformes |
Family | New World Sparrows / Passerellidae |
Genus | Melozone |
Breeding region | Middle America, North America |
Breeding subregion | w USA and also Baja California (nw Mexico) |
California Towhee bird sounds *
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Related species

Rusty-crowned Ground Sparrow

White-eared Ground Sparrow

White-throated Towhee

Prevost's Ground Sparrow

Cabanis's Ground Sparrow

Canyon Towhee

Abert's Towhee
Where to see California Towhee
California Towhee subspecies (5)
Subspecies | Breeding subregion | Nonbreeding subregion | Extinct |
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Melozone crissalis albigula | s Baja California (nw Mexico) | - | No |
Melozone crissalis aripolia | c Baja California (nw Mexico) | - | No |
Melozone crissalis crissalis | sw Oregon to interior c California (w USA) | - | No |
Melozone crissalis petulans | coastal n, c California (w USA) | - | No |
Melozone crissalis senicula | coastal s California (sw USA) and n Baja California (nw Mexico) | - | No |
Translation
Language | Translation |
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Catalan | toquí de Califòrnia |
Chinese | 加州唧鹀 |
Chinese (Traditional) | 加利福尼亞鵖鵐 |
Croatian | pepeljasti strnadar |
Czech | pipilo kalifornský |
Danish | Californisk Buskspurv |
Dutch | Californische Towie |
Esperanto | Kalifornia pipilo |
Finnish | kalifornianpipilo |
French | Tohi de Californie |
German | Kaliforniengrundammer |
Icelandic | Brúntittlingur |
Italian | Touì della California |
Japanese | カリフォルニアムジトウヒチョウ |
Latvian | Kalifornijas stērste |
Lithuanian | kaliforninė melozona |
Norwegian | kaliforniatovi, Kaliforniatovi |
Norwegian Nynorsk | Kaliforniatovi |
Polish | pipil kalifornijski, ziemnołuszcz kalifornijski |
Portuguese | toqui-da-califórnia |
Russian | Калифорнийский тохи, Калифорнийский тоухи, Калифорнийский тауи |
Serbian | Kalifornijski pipilo |
Slovak | strnádlik kalifornský |
Spanish | Rascador pardo, Toqui californiano, Rascador de California, Toquí californiano, Rascador Californiano |
Swedish | kalifornisk snårsparv, kalifornisk busksparv, kaliforniensnårsparv |
Turkish | Kaliforniya Tovisi |
Ukrainian | тауї каліфорнійський |