#melozone

Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus): detail and full print -- This rufous-sided, speckled-wing towhee resides mainly west of the Mississippi River.

California Towhee (Melozone crissalis): full print only -- As the name indicates, this towhee ranges from northern California to the tip of the Baja peninsula.

Canyon Towhee (Melozone fusca): detail and full print -- The range of this towhee is adjacent to the California Towhee, and there is still some dispute whether the two are just subspecies of the same bird.

Abert's Towhee (Melozone aberti): full print only -- This little guy has a very narrow distribution mainly around the lower Colorado River and Gila River watersheds.

Green-tailed Towhee (Pipilo chlorurus): full print only -- The Green-tailed is just that, green-tailed, and is the smallest of the towhees. Its range covers most of the interior Western United States, with a winter range in Mexico and the southern edge of the Southwestern United States.

Eastern Towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus): detail and full print -- This is the towhee we get to see here in Wisconsin, a very lovely bird! Its range covers much of the U.S, and parts of southeastern Canada, east of the Mississippi.

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