Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus)

Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus)

* Family: Emberizidae,

* Genus: Pipilo,

* Species: maculatus,

* Type: Bird,

* Diet: Omnivore,

* Size: Length 8.5" Wing span: 10.5",

* Weight: 1.4 oz (40 grams)

* Behavior: Their breeding habitat is chaparral, thickets or shrubby areas across western North America. This bird interbreeds with the Collared Towhee where their ranges overlap in southwestern Mexico.

* Video: "SoCal T"

** The Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus) is a large New World sparrow. The taxonomy of the towhees has been debated in recent decades, and formerly this bird and the Eastern Towhee were considered a single species, the Rufous-sided Towhee. An archaic name for the Spotted Towhee is the Oregon Towhee (Pipilo maculatus oregonus).

More info: http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Spotted_Towhee/id

or http://www.aves101.com/species_pages/spotted_towhee.html

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[Dkook16]

Nice angle! This is so cool.

[madsnake50]

Beautiful Bird, especially with those nice round red eyes.