Spotted towhee (Pipilo maculatus)

Wikipedia: Spotted towhee Source: OTHER 1200px-Pipilo_maculatus_2.jpg
Classification: Genus Towhees (Pipilo); Family Passerellidae
General: The 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. Literature before 1995 referred to the spotted towhee as a rufous-sided towhee that resides in the western United States.^[2] An archaic name for the spotted towhee is the Oregon towhee (Pipilo maculatus oregonus). The call may be harsher and more varied than for the eastern towhee. [more]

🔍 No documented observation