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The spotted towhee (Pipilo maculatus) is a large New World sparrow. The taxonomy of the towhees has been debated in recent decades, and until 1995 this bird and the eastern towhee were considered a single species, the rufous-sided towhee. [2] Another outdated name for the spotted towhee is the Oregon towhee (Pipilo maculatus oregonus). The call ...
Green-tailed towhee: interior Western United States, with a winter range in Mexico and the southern edge of the Southwestern United States Pipilo ocai: Collared towhee: Mexico Pipilo erythrophthalmus: Eastern towhee: eastern North America Pipilo maculatus: Spotted towhee: across western North America Pipilo naufragus: Bermuda towhee: Bermuda ...
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 ...
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 .
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 ...
While the towhee is seen drinking freely in the wild and in captivity, in drier habitats their water needs may be met mostly via feeding on insects and succulent foods. The call consists of a single-note sound that different people hear as seet, tseek, tsip, cheet, cheenk or peenk and the song consists of a long repeating series ended with a trill.
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