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Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus)

Spotted Towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus macronyx)
Spotted Towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus macronyx)

About Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus)

  • Kingdom: Animals
  • Phylum: Chordates
  • Class: Birds
  • Order: Perching Birds
  • Family: Old World Buntings

The spotted towhee 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, then named rufous-sided towhee. Another outdated name for the spotted towhee is the Oregon towhee. The call may be harsher and more varied than for the eastern towhee.

Source: Wikipedia

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