Canyon towhee
Pipilo fuscus
Identification Tips:
- Conical bill
- Dark eye
- Rusty crown
- Buffy throat
- Black ring of spots on breast with central breast spot
- Pale gray underparts
- Gray-brown upperparts
- Rusty undertail coverts
- Long tail
- Juvenile (Spring to Fall) heavily streaked below
- Formerly conspecific with California Towhee
Similar species:
The Canyon Towhee is similar to the California Towhee but has a rusty
crown and grayer upperparts. Abert's Towhee is buffier and has a black area
around the bill.