Collared towhee
Pipilo ocai (Lawrence, 1865)
The collared towhee (Pipilo ocai) is a species in the family Passerellidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 58.1 g to 64.5 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.
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Quick facts about the collared towhee
- Weight
- 58.1 g – 64.5 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Omnivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- forestsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- 4src for Young per litter or clutch
- Lifestyle
- Generalistsrc for Lifestyle
- Migration
- Partialsrc for Migration
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the collared towhee live?
Not recorded
What is the collared towhee?
The collared towhee (Pipilo ocai) is a species of bird in the family Passerellidae, the New World sparrows. It is endemic to Mexico.
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Is the collared towhee endangered?
The collared towhee is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.
- LCLeast Concern
- NTNear Threatened
- VUVulnerable
- ENEndangered
- CRCritically Endangered
- EWExtinct in the Wild
- EXExtinct
Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species.
How is the collared towhee classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familyPasserellidae
- genusPipilo
- SpeciesPipilo ocai (Lawrence, 1865)
Other names and names in other languages (31)
- طوهي مطوقArabic
- pipilo obojkovýCzech
- towhî torchogWelsh
- Rustnakket BuskspurvDanish
- HalsbandgrundammerGerman
- Halsband-GrundammerGerman
- kolringa pasereloEsperanto
- Toquí de collarSpanish
- Rascador de CollarSpanish
- Toquí acollaradoSpanish
- vyöpipiloFinnish
- Tohi à collierFrench
- dugorepi strnadarCroatian
- Touì dal collareItalian
- クロオビトウヒチョウJapanese
- apykaklėtasis pipilasLithuanian
- KraagtowieDutch
- beltetoviNorwegian
- pipil obrożnyPolish
- toqui-de-colarPortuguese
- pipilo-de-coleiraPortuguese
- Воротничковый тохиRussian
- Ошейниковый пипилоRussian
- strnádlik obojkovýSlovak
- Ogrličasti pipiloSerbian
- halsbandsbusksparvSwedish
- halsbandssnårsparvSwedish
- Kolyeli ToviTurkish
- окаїUkrainian
- 領鵖鵐Chinese
- 领唧鹀Chinese
Relatives of the collared towhee
Other species in the same genus Pipilo.
Eastern towhee
Pipilo erythrophthalmus
Green-tailed towhee
Pipilo chlorurus
Spotted towhee
Pipilo maculatus
Bermuda towhee
Pipilo naufragus
CompareCollared towhee vs Eastern towheeCollared towhee vs Green-tailed towheeCollared towhee vs Spotted towheeCollared towhee vs Bermuda towhee
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the collared towhee?
An adult collared towhee weighs 58.1 g – 64.5 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the collared towhee endangered?
The collared towhee is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.
What kind of animal is the collared towhee?
The collared towhee (Pipilo ocai) belongs to the family Passerellidae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
- An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles · CC0 1.0 · E096-269
Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
Tobias, J.A. et al. (2022) AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds. Ecology Letters 25: 581–597. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13898. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16586228.v7 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
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