Eastern Towhee

分类位置

同属物种

Collared Towhee

Collared Towhee

Green-tailed Towhee

Green-tailed Towhee

斑唧鹀

Spotted Towhee

形态与习性

The eastern towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus), also known as chewink, joree, or joree bird, 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. Their breeding habitat is brushy areas across eastern North America. They nest either low in bushes or on the ground under shrubs. Northern birds migrate to the southern United States. There has been one r