Abert's towhee Pipilo aberti

Identification Tips:

• Length: 7.75 inches
• Conical bill
• Dark eye
• Black area around base of bill
• Brown upperparts
• Buffy underparts
• Rusty undertail coverts
• Long tail
• Juvenile (Spring to Fall) lightly spotted below

Similar species:

Abert's Towhee is similar to California and Canyon Towhees but has a black area around the base of the bill and is buffier overall.

Length and wingspan from: Robbins, C.S., Bruun, B., Zim, H.S., (1966). Birds of North America. New York: Western Publishing Company, Inc.