Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus)

The Spotted Towhee is a passerine bird with a black head, red eyes, a black back with numerous white markings, red flanks, a white belly, an orange vent, and orange legs and feet.

Waldport, OR
2009-04-05

This individual was defiantly singing on top of a pine tree.

The towhees are New World "American sparrows" (Emberizidae) that are not like the old world sparrows but buntings.

Listen to the spotted towhee sing.

Other Emberizidae species:

Golden-Crowned Sparrow
*Zonotrichia atricapilla*

White-Crowned Sparrow
*Zonotrichia leucophrys*

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