| Abert's towhee | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Passerellidae |
| Genus: | Melozone |
| Species: | M. aberti
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| Binomial name | |
| Melozone aberti (Baird, 1852)
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| Synonyms | |
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Pipilo aberti | |
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).
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Melozone aberti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22721315A94707949. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22721315A94707949.en. Retrieved 6 September 2021.