Canyon Towhee

Melozone fusca

The Canyon Towhee is a year-round resident of southwestern USA and Mexico. They live in scrub along dry watercourses and upland desert scrub at lower elevations and upward into higher-elevation pine-oak or even coniferous forests.

Older references list the scientific name of this bird as Pipilo fuscus, but the naming has recently been changed to Melozone fusca. The status of “Brown Towhees” has long been debated. Some scientists would have us lump the California Towhee and the Canyon Towhee into a single species. It seems the introduction of genetic information supports the argument to separate them into their own species.

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Canyon Towhee - Pipilo fuscus — **Canyon Towhee**
*(Pipilo fuscus)*

**Description:**
(Melozone fusca) A bird I met in the Silver Creek area, east of Bullhead City, near Oatman, Arizona. In Golden Valley USA 2015-05-03.
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**Date Taken:** 2015:05:03 16:36

**Location:**

Oatman
Golden Valley, Arizona
United States
2395.13 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/13.0, 1/250

**File Name:** D3X8679-CanyonTowhee

© 2015 - Jack Daynes - shadeTree Imaging

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*(Pipilo fuscus)*

**Description:**
(Melozone fusca) A bird I met in the Silver Creek area, east of Bullhead City, near Oatman, Arizona. In Golden Valley USA 2015-05-03.
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**Date Taken:** 2015:05:03 16:36

**Location:**

Oatman
Golden Valley, Arizona
United States
2395.13 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/13.0, 1/250

**File Name:** D3X8679-CanyonTowhee

© 2015 - Jack Daynes - shadeTree Imaging

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