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The eastern towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus), also known as chewink, joree, or joree bird, [2] is a large New World sparrow.The taxonomy of the towhees has been under debate in recent decades, and formerly this bird and the spotted towhee were considered a single species, the rufous-sided towhee.
The thrushes are a group of passerine birds that occur mainly but not exclusively in the Old World. They are plump, soft plumaged, small to medium-sized insectivores or sometimes omnivores, often feeding on the ground. Many have attractive songs. Ten species have been recorded in Indiana. Eastern bluebird, Sialia sialis
A towhee is any one of a number of species of birds in the genus Pipilo or Melozone within the family Passerellidae (which also includes American sparrows and juncos). Towhees typically have longer tails than other Passerellidae. Most species tend to avoid humans, so they are not well known, though the eastern towhee P. erythrophthalmus is ...
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The genus Pipilo was introduced by the French ornithologist Louis Pierre Vieillot in 1816 with the eastern towhee as the type species. [2] [3] The name Pipilo is Neo-Latin for "bunting" from pipilare "to chirp". [4] Within the New World sparrow family Passerellidae, the genus Pipilo is sister to the larger genus Atlapetes. [5]
Green-tailed towhee: Pipilo chlorurus (Audubon, 1839) 102 Spotted towhee: Pipilo maculatus Swainson, 1827: 103 Eastern towhee: Pipilo erythrophthalmus (Linnaeus, 1758) 104 Bermuda towhee: Pipilo naufragus Olson & Wingate, 2012: 105 Collared towhee: Pipilo ocai (Lawrence, 1865) 106 Rufous-capped brushfinch: Atlapetes pileatus Wagler, 1831: 107 ...