• Source: 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. The name Pipilo is Neo-Latin for "bunting" from pipilare "to chirp". Within the New World sparrow family Passerellidae, the genus Pipilo is sister to the larger genus Atlapetes.




Species


The genus contains five species:




References






External links


Media related to Pipilo at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Pipilo at Wikispecies
Towhee videos, photos and sounds on the Internet Bird Collection

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Pipilo
• Eastern towhee
• Spotted towhee
• California towhee
• Rufous-sided towhee
• Canyon towhee
• Towhee
• Abert's towhee
• Green-tailed towhee
• Bermuda towhee