Canyon Towhee

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Emberizidae

Genus: Pipilo

Species:fuscus

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Description

  • Length: 9.0"
  • Wing span: 11.5"
  • Weight: 1.9 oz (53 grams)
  • Medium sized songbird
  • Head, back, wings, and tail dark gray
  • Reddish eyes, reddish crown & undertail coverts
  • Chest has a dark necklace of streaking on pale color, whitish belly and usually has a dark central spot on chest
  • Males and females look alike
  • Juveniles are sparrowlike with buffy brown coloration and heavily streaked

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All photographs and audio clips are ©Jamie Mullin 2006

Sources: Cornell Lab of Ornithology & The Sibley Guide to Birds

January 16th, 2010 #299