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Class Aves
Order Passeriformes
Family Emberizidae

Melozone crissalis (Vigors 1839)—California Towhee

Sites.

Wisconsin: Carpinteria (Guthrie 2009).

Literature. Guthrie 2009.

Melozone fuscus (Swainson 1827)—Brown Towhee

Synonyms. Pipilo fuscus

Habitat of the Brown Towhee is primarily bushy canyons of the foothills (Ligon 1961).

Sites.

Mid/Late Wisconsin: Rancho La Brea (Stock and Harris 1992).

Mid Wisconsin-Holocene: Shelter Cave (Howard and Miller 1933).

Literature. Howard and Miller 1933; Ligon 1961; Stock and Harris 1992.

Last Update: 28 Dec 2013