Green-tailed Towhee

Pipilo chlorurus (Audubon, 1839)

Green-tailed Towhee, Pipilo chlorurus, is a bird of western North America, breeding in the western USA and spending the non-breeding season in central Mexico. It belongs to the New World sparrows in the family Passerellidae. Its range is mainly in the west of the United States, with a broader winter presence farther south. The species was described by Audubon in 1839. It is a passerine with a breeding range centred on the western states and a separate non-breeding range in Mexico.

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Passerellidae — New World Sparrows

Breeding range

North America: w USA

Nonbreeding range

c Mexico