Editing Canyon towhee (section)

==Taxonomy==
The taxonomy of the group of [[towhee]]s to which this species belongs is debated. At the higher level, some authors place the towhees in the family [[Fringillidae]]{{Citation needed|reason=I can find no major source that list towhees were ever thought to be anything other than sparrows|date=September 2021}}. Within the [[genus]], there has been dispute about whether the canyon towhee is a distinct species from the [[California towhee]] (''Melozone crissalis'') found in coastal regions from [[Oregon]] and [[California]] in the United States through [[Baja California]] in Mexico.  At present, [[molecular genetics]] seems to have settled this issue in favour of separation of the species.