Abert’s Towhee
Photo: Alan D. Wilson · CC BY-SA 2.5

New World Sparrows

Abert’s Towhee

Melozone aberti

LCLeast Concern
Family
New World Sparrows (Passerellidae)
Order
Passeriformes

Overview

Abert's towhee (Melozone aberti) is a bird of the family Passerellidae, native to a small range in southwestern North America, generally the lower Colorado River and Gila River watersheds, nearly endemic to Arizona, but also present in small parts of California, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico, and Sonora in Mexico. The name of this bird commemorates the American ornithologist James William Abert (1820–1897).

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Last updated September 29, 2026.