Spotted Towhee Identification - All About Birds
WEBThe Spotted Towhee is a large, striking sparrow of sun-baked thickets of the West. When you catch sight of one, they’re gleaming black above (females are grayish brown), spotted and striped with brilliant white. Their warm rufous flanks match the dry leaves they spend their time hopping around in.
Spotted Towhee - All About Birds
WEBThe Spotted Towhee is a large, striking sparrow of sun-baked thickets of the West. When you catch sight of one, they’re gleaming black above (females are grayish brown), spotted and striped with brilliant white. Their warm rufous flanks match the dry leaves they spend their time hopping around in.
Spotted Towhee | Audubon Field Guide
WEBThe Spotted Towhee differs in the heavy white spotting on its upperparts, and its songs and callnotes are more variable and much harsher in tone. It often is first noticed because of the sound of its industrious scratching in the leaf-litter under dense thickets.
Spotted Towhee - eBird
WEBLarge, striking, long-tailed sparrow of western North America, from Canada to Guatemala. Black above with white spots on wings and back, bright rufous sides, and white belly. Eye is staring red. In flight, note white corners on tail.
Teapot Bird: Spotted Towhee - American Bird Conservancy
WEBThe Spotted Towhee and its close relative, the Eastern Towhee, were once considered one species — the Rufous-sided Towhee — but were recognized as distinct species in 1995. One of the distinguishing features of the Spotted Towhee is the white spotting splashed over its wings and back.
Spotted towhee - Wikipedia
WEBThe 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 .
How to Identify a Spotted Towhee - Birds and Blooms
WEBAug 29, 2024 · Length: 8-1/4 inches. Wingspan: 10-1/2 inches. Meet the towhees: The birds scratching up a storm in your backyard. Range Map and Habitat. Courtesy Whitney Reary. Spotted towhee at Wind Cave National Park in South Dakota. Look for these birds in old pastures, woodland edges and brushy backyards in states west of the Mississippi River.
Spotted Towhee Life History - All About Birds
WEBThe Spotted Towhee is a large, striking sparrow of sun-baked thickets of the West. When you catch sight of one, they’re gleaming black above (females are grayish brown), spotted and striped with brilliant white. Their warm rufous flanks match the dry leaves they spend their time hopping around in.
Spotted Towhee (maculatus Group) - eBird
WEBLearn about Spotted Towhee (maculatus Group): explore photos, sounds, and observations collected by birders around the world.
Pipilo maculatus clementae - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
WEBThe Spotted Towhee is a large sparrow with a thick, pointed bill, short neck, chunky body, and long, rounded tail. Males have jet-black upperparts and throat; their wings and back are spotted bright white. The flanks are warm rufous and the belly is white. Females have the same pattern but are warm brown where males are black.
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