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Pipilo maculatus  Swainson, 1827
Taxonomic Serial No.: 554380

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): Spotted Towhee [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  -- Animal, animals, animaux  
    PhylumChordata  -- chordates, cordado, cordés  
       SubphylumVertebrata  -- vertebrado, vertebrates, vertébrés  
          ClassAves  -- Birds, oiseaux  
             OrderPasseriformes  -- passereaux, Perching Birds  
                FamilyEmberizidae  -- American Sparrows, Buntings, Emberizid Finches, New World Sparrows, Towhees  
                   GenusPipilo Vieillot, 1816 -- Towhees  
                      SpeciesPipilo maculatus Swainson, 1827 -- Spotted Towhee  
    Direct Children:  
                         Subspecies Pipilo maculatus arcticus (Swainson, 1832)  
                         Subspecies Pipilo maculatus chiapensis Van Rossem, 1938  
                         Subspecies Pipilo maculatus clementae Grinnell, 1897  
                         Subspecies Pipilo maculatus consobrinus Ridgway, 1876  
                         Subspecies Pipilo maculatus curtatus Grinnell, 1911  
                         Subspecies Pipilo maculatus falcifer McGregor, 1900  
                         Subspecies Pipilo maculatus falcinellus Swarth, 1913  
                         Subspecies Pipilo maculatus gaigei Van Tyne & Sutton, 1937  
                         Subspecies Pipilo maculatus griseipygius Van Rossem, 1934  
                         Subspecies Pipilo maculatus macronyx Swainson, 1827  
                         Subspecies Pipilo maculatus maculatus Swainson, 1827  
                         Subspecies Pipilo maculatus magnirostris Brewster, 1891  
                         Subspecies Pipilo maculatus megalonyx S. F. Baird, 1858  
                         Subspecies Pipilo maculatus montanus Swarth, 1905  
                         Subspecies Pipilo maculatus oaxacae Sibley, 1950  
                         Subspecies Pipilo maculatus oregonus Bell, 1849  
                         Subspecies Pipilo maculatus orientalis Sibley, 1950  
                         Subspecies Pipilo maculatus repetens Griscom, 1930  
                         Subspecies Pipilo maculatus socorroensis Grayson, 1867  
                         Subspecies Pipilo maculatus umbraticola Grinnell & Swarth, 1926  
                         Subspecies Pipilo maculatus vulcanorum Sibley, 1951  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Alan P. Peterson, M.D.  
  Notes: PO Box 1999 Walla Walla, Washington 99362-0999   
  Reference for: Pipilo maculatus   
       
  Expert: Richard C. Banks  
  Notes: Chief, Bird Section, U.S.G.S. - B.R.D. - P.W.R.C.   
  Reference for: Pipilo maculatus   
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: AOU Check-List (07-2007), website (version Jul-2007)  
  Acquired: 2007   
  Notes: American Ornithologists' Union's "List of the 2,046 Bird Species (With Scientific and English Names) Known From the A.O.U. Check-list Area" (AOU Check-list, 7th edition, updated with Supplements 42-48), maintained at http://www.aou.org/   
  Reference for: Pipilo maculatus, Spotted Towhee [English]   
       
  Source: Gill & Wright (2006) corrigenda/updates - 21-Sep-2007, website (version 1.1)  
  Acquired: 2007   
  Notes: Corrigenda & updates for "BIRDS OF THE WORLD Recommended English Names" available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/   
  Reference for: Pipilo maculatus, Spotted Towhee [English]   
       
  Source: Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource, 2007.09.20, website (version 20-Sep-07)  
  Acquired: 2007   
  Notes: "Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource" maintained by Alan P. Peterson at http://www.zoonomen.net   
  Reference for: Pipilo maculatus   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): American Ornithologists' Union  
  Publication Date: 1996   
  Article/Chapter Title: Fortieth supplement to the American Ornithologists' Union Check-list of North American Birds   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: The Auk, vol. 112, no. 3   
  Page(s): 819-830   
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN: 0004-8038   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Pipilo maculatus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes  
  Publication Date: 2003   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada   
  Page(s):    
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes: As-yet (2003) unpublished manuscript from 1998   
  Reference for: Pipilo maculatus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Gill, Frank, and Minturn Wright  
  Publication Date: 2006   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Birds of the World: Recommended English Names   
  Page(s): ix + 259   
  Publisher: Princeton University Press   
  Publication Place: Princeton, New Jersey, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-691-12827-8   
  Notes: Includes a CD-ROM with the full dataset   
  Reference for: Pipilo maculatus, Spotted Towhee   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: North America  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Alaska, Incidental  
    Canada, Native  
    Continental US, Native  
 

 

    

 Comments
       
  Comment: Formerly included in P. erythrophthalmus  
 

 

    

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