Common Name: Spotted Towhee
Scientific Name: Pipilo maculatus
Order/Family: Passeriformes /Passerellidae (New World Sparrows)
Description: The spotted towhee is a large New World sparrow, roughly the same size as a robin. It has a long, dark, fan-shaped tail with white corners on the end. It has a round body with bright red eyes and dull pink legs. Adult males have a generally darker head, upper body and tail with a white belly, rufous sides, white spots on their back and white wing bars. Females look similar but are dark brown and grey instead of black. The spotted towhee has white spots on its primary and secondary feathers
Distribution: It breeds across north-western North America and is present year-round in California, Nevada, Arizona, Utah, Oregon, Washington, Idaho and southern British Columbia. It is relatively infrequent around Las Vegas, look at Corn Creek or Henderson Bird Viewing Preserve.
Habitat: The spotted towhee lives in dry upland forests, open forests, brushy fields, and chaparrals.
