Summary ²

The eastern towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus) 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.

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1. (c) Carrie Seltzer, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Carrie Seltzer
2. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pipilo_erythrophthalmus

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