Order: Passeriformes
Family: Passerellidae - 7 species in 5 genera depicted (out of 130 species in 31 genera, per iNaturalist 12-29-2019)
As of summer 2017, many of the New World sparrows were split off into a separate family leading to lots of ambiguities and contradictions on web sources.

cf - Family: Emberizidae (Old World buntings)

Species on this page

Spotted towhee (Pipilo maculatus)

California towhee (Melozone crissalis or Pipilo crissalis - disputed)

Passerellidae species on separate pages

Dark-eyed junco (Junco hyemalis) - see separate page

Rufous-collared sparrow (Zonotrichia capensis)

Golden-crowned sparrow (Zonotrichia atricapilla)

White-Crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys)

Song sparrow (Melospiza melodia)

Towhees

Spotted towhee (Pipilo maculatus)

Spotted towhee (Pipilo maculatus)
Family: Passerellidae (New World sparrows)
Stanford Tree Walk 2019
April 27, 2019
Canon 7DmarkII

Spotted towhee

Spotted towhee (Pipilo maculatus)
Family: Passerellidae (New World sparrows)
Los Trancos
November 12, 2022
Canon 7Dmark2

Spotted towhee (Pipilo maculatus)
Family: Passerellidae (New World sparrows)
Eleanor Pardee Park
March 29, 2021

Towhee calling

Spotted towhee (Pipilo maculatus)
Family: Passerellidae (New World sparrows)
Tresidder
February 2, 2013
Canon 5D MarkII

Stanford

Spotted towhee

Spotted towhee (Pipilo maculatus)
Family: Passerellidae (New World sparrows)
Stanford

Spotted towhee

Spotted towhee (Pipilo maculatus)
Family: Passerellidae (New World sparrows)
April 21, 2018
Stanford Quad
Canon 7Dmark2

Spotted towhee (Pipilo maculatus)
Family: Passerellidae (New World sparrows)
My yard
February, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Spotted towhee (Pipilo maculatus)
Family: Passerellidae (New World sparrows)
My yard
February, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

California towhee (Melozone crissalis)

Towhee

California towhee (Melozone crissalis)
Family: Passerellidae (New World sparrows)
July 20, 2015
The Knoll, Stanford

Towing the line

California towhee (Melozone crissalis)
Family: Passerellidae (New World sparrows)
Arizona Cactus Garden, Stanford
With Nature Through Photography class
August 21, 2016
Canon Rebel T5i

Towhee

California towhee (Melozone crissalis)
Family: Passerellidae (New World sparrows)
Don Edwards National Shoreline
December 9, 2017
Canon 7Dmark2

Close encounter

California towhee (Melozone crissalis)
Family: Passerellidae (New World sparrows)
Stanford Dish
July 27, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2

Of the towhee kind

California towhee (Melozone crissalis)
Family: Passerellidae (New World sparrows)
Stanford Dish
July 27, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2

California towhee (Melozone crissalis)
Family: Passerellidae (New World sparrows)
Arizona Cactus Garden
With Photographing Nature class
January 8, 2022
Canon 7Dmark2

California towhee (Melozone crissalis)
Family: Passerellidae (New World sparrows)
Arizona Cactus Garden
With Photographing Nature class
January 12, 2022
Canon R5

California towhee (Melozone crissalis)
Family: Passerellidae (New World sparrows)
Shoreline Park
May 22, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

California towhee (Melozone crissalis)
Family: Passerellidae (New World sparrows)
My yard
February, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

California towhee (Melozone crissalis)
Family: Passerellidae (New World sparrows)
My yard
June 17, 2021
Canon R5

When towhees cast a giant shadow

California towhee (Melozone crissalis)
Family: Passerellidae (New World sparrows)
Stanford Dish
March 28, 2021
Canon 7Dmark2

Towhee

California towhee (Melozone crissalis)
Family: Passerellidae (New World sparrows)
Emily Renzel Wetlands
April 1, 2023
Canon R5

California towhee (Melozone crissalis)
Family: Passerellidae (New World sparrows)
Arizona Cactus Garden
August 9, 2021
Canon R5