Pipilo crissalis eremophilus

Inyo California Towhee

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Overview

Medium-sized songbird. 8-10" (20-25 cm). Uniform gray-brown above and below, with buff or rust-colored undertail coverts. Characteristic long tail with a short, thick, and pointed bill.

Scientific Name

Pipilo crissalis eremophilus
Common Name
Inyo California Towhee
FWS Category
Birds
Kingdom
Animalia

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Pipilo crissalis eremophilus

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Listing

Dec 30, 1982

Dec 30, 1982 Listing
Review of Vertebrate Wildlife for Listing as End. or Thr. Species
  • Publication type: CNOR
View Federal Register Document
Item 1

Critical Habitat

Nov 23, 1984

Nov 23, 1984 Critical Habitat
Proposal to Designate Inyo Brown Towhee as Thr. w/ Crit. Hab.; 49 FR 46174- 46175
  • Publication type: Proposed
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Item 2

Critical Habitat

Aug 3, 1987

Aug 3, 1987 Critical Habitat
Proposed Determination of Additional Crit. Hab. for Inyo Brown Towhee; 52 FR 28787-28788
  • Publication type: Proposed
View Federal Register Document
Item 3

Listing

Aug 3, 1987

Aug 3, 1987 Listing (Threatened)
Detemination of Thr. Status & Crit. Hab. Designation for Inyo Brown Towhee; 52 FR 28780-28786
  • Publication type: Final
View Federal Register Document
Item 4

Critical Habitat

Aug 3, 1987

Aug 3, 1987 Critical Habitat
Detemination of Thr. Status & Crit. Hab. Designation for Inyo Brown Towhee; 52 FR 28780-28786
  • Publication type: Final
View Federal Register Document
Item 5

Five Year Review

Mar 22, 2006

Mar 22, 2006 Five Year Review (Information Solicitation)
Initiation of 5-Year Reviews of 56 Species in California and Nevada: Notice of review.
  • Publication type: Notice
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Item 6

Five Year Review

Mar 25, 2009

Mar 25, 2009 Five Year Review (Completion)
Initiation of 5-Year Reviews of 58 Species in California, Nevada, Arizona, and Utah; Availability of…
  • Publication type: Notice
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Item 7

Listing

Jun 4, 2012

Jun 4, 2012 Listing (Substantial)
90-Day Finding on a Petition To Delist or Reclassify From Endangered to Threatened Six California Sp…
  • Publication type: 90 day petition finding
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Item 8

Delisting

Nov 4, 2013

Nov 4, 2013 Delisting (Warranted)
12-Month Finding on a Petition and Proposed Rule To Remove the Inyo California Towhee (Pipilo crissa…
  • Publication type: 12m petition finding
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Item 9

Post Delisting Monitoring Plan

Nov 4, 2013

Nov 4, 2013 Post Delisting Monitoring Plan (Document Availability (non-FR))
12-Month Finding on a Petition and Proposed Rule To Remove the Inyo California Towhee (Pipilo crissa…
  • Publication type: Draft
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Item 10

Delisting

Nov 4, 2013

Nov 4, 2013 Delisting
12-Month Finding on a Petition and Proposed Rule To Remove the Inyo California Towhee (Pipilo crissa…
  • Publication type: Proposed
View Federal Register Document
Item 11

Five Year Review

Jun 18, 2018

Jun 18, 2018 Five Year Review (Information Solicitation)
Initiation of 5-Year Status Reviews of 50 Species in California, Nevada, and the Klamath Basin of Or…
  • Publication type: Notice
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Item 12

Technical Correction

Jul 31, 2023

Jul 31, 2023 Technical Correction
General Provisions; Revised List of Migratory Birds (& taxonomic corrections for 9 ESA-listed sp…
  • Publication type: Direct Final
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