Pipilo

Pipilo is a genus of birds in the American sparrow family Passerellidae. It is one of two genera containing birds with the common name towhee.

Taxonomy

The genus Pipilo was introduced by the French ornithologist Louis Pierre Vieillot in 1816 with the eastern towhee as the type species.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref> The name Pipilo is Neo-Latin for "bunting" from pipilare "to chirp".<ref name=hbwkey>Template:Cite web</ref> Within the New World sparrow family Passerellidae, the genus Pipilo is sister to the larger genus Atlapetes.<ref name=bryson>Template:Cite journal</ref>

Species

The genus contains five species:<ref name=ioc>Template:Cite web</ref>

Image	Scientific name	Common name	Distribution
	Pipilo chlorurus	Green-tailed towhee	interior Western United States, with a winter range in Mexico and the southern edge of the Southwestern United States
	Pipilo ocai	Collared towhee	Mexico
	Pipilo erythrophthalmus	Eastern towhee	eastern North America
	Pipilo maculatus	Spotted towhee	across western North America
	Pipilo naufragus	Bermuda towhee	Bermuda; extinct

External links

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• Towhee videos, photos and sounds on the Internet Bird Collection