Red-eyed Eastern Towhee

Pipilo erythrophthalmus erythrophthalmus

Classification

Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Passerellidae

The eastern towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus), also known as chewink, joree, or joree bird, is a large New World sparrow. The taxonomy of the towhees has been under debate in recent decades, and formerly this bird and the spotted towhee were considered a single species, the rufous-sided towhee. Their breeding habitat is brushy areas across eastern North America.

Distribution

Red-eyed Eastern Towhee — (c) carnifex, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by carnifex · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 169Canada · 4

Sources and credits

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Red-eyed Eastern Towhee

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