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Index of Subjects ------=_Part_65438_33144933.1178494385070 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Hi, There used to be 1 species - the Rufous-sided. Then a few years ago the taxonomy and genetics experts decided that the western and eastern races were sufficiently different, and did not interbreed enough, that they should be "split" - so that modern nomenclature says there are 2 species- the Eastern Towhee ( Pipilo erythropthalmus) and the Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus), which occurs in western N.America. The situation is further complicated by the fact that the Eastern Towhees in Florida have a much paler, bright yellow eye and some other subtle differences, and might be a candidate for a "split" in the future.. There are several other Towhees, such as Green-tailed, Abert's and California, that only occur in the SW. Hope this helps ---- Richard On 5/6/07, Virginia and Terry <003vgr@imlay.ca> wrote: > > Could someone please explain the status of Towhee names. How many > species are there? Who was/is combined with who? Is it an Eastern, a > Spotted or a Rufous Sided Towhee. > Thanks for your help. > Virginia Redden > > > the heart has the ability to > experience so much - > and we don't have much time. > > Jack Gilbert > -- ################# Richard Stern, 317 Middle Dyke Rd. Port Williams B0P 1T0 rbstern@ns.sympatico.ca rbstern@xcountry.tv sternrichard@gmail.com ################### ------=_Part_65438_33144933.1178494385070 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline <div>Hi,</div> <div> </div> <div>There used to be 1 species - the Rufous-sided. Then a few years ago the taxonomy and genetics experts decided that the western and eastern races were sufficiently different, and did not interbreed enough, that they should be "split" - so that modern nomenclature says there are 2 species- the Eastern Towhee ( Pipilo erythropthalmus) and the Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus), which occurs in western N.America. The situation is further complicated by the fact that the Eastern Towhees in Florida have a much paler, bright yellow eye and some other subtle differences, and might be a candidate for a "split" in the future.. There are several other Towhees, such as Green-tailed, Abert's and California, that only occur in the SW. </div> <div> </div> <div>Hope this helps ---- Richard<br><br> </div> <div><span class="gmail_quote">On 5/6/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Virginia and Terry</b> <003vgr@imlay.ca> wrote:</span> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Could someone please explain the status of Towhee names. How many<br>species are there? Who was/is combined with who? Is it an Eastern, a <br>Spotted or a Rufous Sided Towhee.<br>Thanks for your help.<br>Virginia Redden<br><br><br>the heart has the ability to<br>experience so much -<br>and we don't have much time.<br><br>Jack Gilbert<br></blockquote></div> <br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>#################<br>Richard Stern, <br>317 Middle Dyke Rd.<br>Port Williams<br>B0P 1T0<br><br>rbstern@ns.sympatico.ca<br><a href="mailto:rbstern@xcountry.tv"> rbstern@xcountry.tv</a><br>sternrichard@gmail.com<br>################### ------=_Part_65438_33144933.1178494385070--
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