#pipilo chlorurus

[podartists]

Sialia mexicana | Sialia currucoides | Piranga ludoviciana | Myadestes townsendi | Pheucticus melanocephalus | Haemorhous mexicanus | Pipilo chlorurus

Plate XX | Die Nordamerikanische Vogelwelt (1891)

[na-bird-of-the-day]

BOTD: Green-tailed Towhee

Photo: Alan Schmierer

"A catlike mewing call in the bushes may reveal the presence of the Green-tailed Towhee. Fairly common in western mountains in summer, this bird spends most of its time in dense low thickets, where it forages on the ground. Like other towhees, it scratches in the leaf-litter with both feet as it searches for food. It sometimes wanders east in fall, and strays may show up at bird feeders in winter as far east as the Atlantic Coast."

- Audubon Field Guide

[birdstudies]

June 20, 2021 - Green-tailed Towhee (Pipilo chlorurus)

Breeding in the western United States, these towhees migrate to the southwestern U.S. and northern and central Mexico. They eat seeds, insects, and sometimes berries, foraging on the ground or in low shrubs and frequently scratching with both feet in the leaf litter to uncover food items. Females build deep cup-shaped nests in shrubs and small trees from twigs, plant stems, bark, grasses, rootlets, and hair. Both parents probably feed the chicks and may raise two broods per year.

[fatchance]

Two towhees. 

Canyon towhee / rascador viejita (Melozone fusca).

Green-tailed towee / rascador cola verde (Pipilo chlorurus).

Both at San Pedro House, San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area, Cochise County, Arizona.

[otterpillow]

Green-tailed towhee in Bob Rodrigues’ yard

[fatchance]

Green-tailed towhee (Pipilo chlorurus) at San Pedro House, Cochise County, Arizona. 

[dendroica]

Green-tailed towhee (Pipilo chlorurus) along the Yellowstone River Trail (via Yellowstone National Park)

NPS / Jacob W. Frank

[lotsofbirds]

Green-tailed Towhee (Pipilo chlorurus)

Distribution: western North America

IUCN Status: Least Concern

{ Ecology } { Vocalizations } { eBird }

(Photo by Jamie Chavez // CC 2.0)