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Canyon Towhee

Melozone fusca

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 13,721, February 13,125, March 14,910, April 28,290, May 17,334, June 8,414, July 7,567, August 7,809, September 9,280, October 9,885, November 12,874, December 12,479.
United States516,298
Texas155,688
Colorado17,127
Mexico11,225
Oklahoma5,414
Arizona3,269
Mexico2,130
New Mexico1,946
Jalisco1,443
Michoacan de Ocampo1,120

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Traits

Group and habits

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassBirds · Aves
OrderPerching Birds · Passeriformes
FamilyNew World Sparrows · Passerellidae
GenusGround-Sparrows and Brown Towhees · Melozone

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