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:
Lincoln's Sparrow
Melospiza lincolnii
Song Sparrow
Melospiza melodia
Fox Sparrow
Passerella iliaca
California Towhee
Pipilo crissalis
Golden-Crowned Sparrow
Zonotrichia atricapilla
White-Crowned Sparrow
Zonotrichia leucophrys
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