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Photo by Peter R. Bono
Teotitlán del Valle, Oaxaca, Mexico, July 2009
Photo by Bev Scott
Location: Monte Alban, Oaxaca, Mexico
Melozone albicollis

Pipilo albicollis

Identification

Distribution

Southern Mexico.

Taxonomy

Polytypic: two subspecies are recognized1:

  • M. a. marshalli
  • M. a. albicollis

Was formerly placed in genus Pipilo.

Habitat

Moist montanes and high-altitude shrubland.

Behaviour

References

  1. Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
  2. 51st supplement to the AOU checklist of North American birds

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