Eastern Towhee

Eastern Towhee, Spc. Name: Pipilo Erythrophtalmus

The Eastern Towhees are a large kind of sparrow, with strong beaks, thick body and long rounded tail.

Eastern Towhee (F)

Males are handsome with black above and on the throat, warm rufous sides and white on the belly. They have red eyes when mature.

Females are similar in pattern but are rich brown where the males are black.

Their habitat: Anywhere in brushes or thickets along forest edges.

They do their feeding exclusively on the ground, never fly to any feeders to eat.

I’ve observed that they do not walk, instead they hop around and flash the white feathers of their under-tail for signaling position to their partner.

Eastern Towhee (M)

The Eastern Towhees are not aggressive and act very independently from other birds. I’ve never seen these birds confronting any other species.