California Towhee
Melozone crissalis
IUCN: Least Concern
Taxonomy
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Passerellidae
- Genus
- Melozone
- eBird Code
- caltow
Subspecies (5)
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Melozone crissalis albigula
Cape district of southern Baja California
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Melozone crissalis aripolia
central Baja California (latitude 29°N to 26°30'N)
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Melozone crissalis crissalis
southwestern Oregon to interior central California (western USA)
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Melozone crissalis petulans
coastal northern California (Humboldt County to Santa Cruz County)
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Melozone crissalis senicula
coastal southern California (Los Angeles County) and northwestern Baja California
Data Sources
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.