Parent: Emberizidae (Emberizid finches)

└─ Melozone

└─── Melozone aberti (Abert's towhee)

└─── Melozone albicollis (White-throated towhee)

└─── Melozone biarcuata (Prevost's ground-sparrow)

└─── Melozone cabanisi (Cabanis's ground sparrow)

└─── Melozone crissalis (California towhee)

└─── Melozone fusca (Canyon towhee)

└─── Melozone kieneri (Rusty-crowned ground sparrow)

└─── Melozone leucotis (White-eared ground sparrow)