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Spotted Towhee

Pipilo maculatus

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Field Notes

Description:

Male - blackish head, red eye, broad white spots on upperparts, white underparts, rusty flanks, long tail with white outer feathers.
Female - much the same except the head is brownish.
The photos depict a male and a juvenile.

Habitat:

Likes thickets and shrubs.

Notes:

Spotted at the Carty Unit of the Ridgefield NWR.

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Comments (3)
Ava T-B
This is so useful to have the male and the female pictured.

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PublishedSeptember 25, 2011

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