California Towhee Pipilo crissalis
Described by: Vigors (1839)
Alternate common name(s): San Lucas Towhee
Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors ...
California Towhee, Pipilo crissalis
Canyon Towhee, Pipilo fuscus
Abert's Towhee, Pipilo aberti
White-throated Towhee, Pipilo albicollis ...
California Towhee (Pipilo crissalis)
Canyon Towhee (Pipilo fuscus)
FAMILY EMBERIZIDAE: SUBFAMILY ICTERINAE: Meadowlarks, Blackbirds, and Orioles ...
1. California Towhee.
2. Clark's Grebe mating dance across the surface of Lake Merced on warm March day
The next four pictures are all from Bodega Bay, Sonoma County.
The largest subspecies, about the size of the California Towhee. Very gray overall, long, diffuse streaks. Bill long and slender.
Melospiza melodia sanaka McGregor, 1901, Aleutian Song Sparrow.
The Canyon Towhee is similar to the California Towhee but has a rusty crown and grayer upperparts. Abert's Towhee is buffier and has a black area around the bill.
Laying its eggs in the nests of other species, the Brown-headed Cowbird has been observed parasitizing the California Towhee (the most frequent cowbird host) and [OBSERVERS ADD OTHER SPECIES] on campus.
California Towhee Pipilo crissalis: Upper Newport Bay Ecological Reserve, Newport Beach, CA, 01 Jan
American Tree Sparrow Spizella arborea: Ontario County, NY, 09 Jan
Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina: El Modena Park, Orange, CA, 01 Jan ...
 See also: Towhee, Sparrow, Junco, Cowbird, Brown towhee
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