| Pipilo | |
|---|---|
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| Spotted towhee (Pipilo maculatus) | |
Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Passerellidae |
| Genus: | Pipilo Vieillot, 1816 |
| Type species | |
| Fringilla erythrophthalma[1] Linnaeus, 1758 | |
| Species | |
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Pipilo is a genus of birds in the American sparrow familyPasserellidae. It is one of two genera containing birds with the common nametowhee.
The genusPipilo was introduced by the French ornithologistLouis Pierre Vieillot in 1816 with theeastern towhee as thetype species.[2][3] The namePipilo isNeo-Latin for "bunting" frompipilare "to chirp".[4] Within the New World sparrow familyPasserellidae, the genusPipilo issister to the larger genusAtlapetes.[5]
The genus contains five species:[6]
| 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 |
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