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Eastern Towhee -
(Pipilo erythrophthalmus) 

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Identification

  • Medium sized
  • Male has black head, chest and upper parts
  • White underneath, red-orange sides
  • Small white area on wings
  • Female brown where male is black
  • 7.5" (19 cm.)

Habitat

  • Forest edge, brushy areas

Additional Information

  • Fairly common migrant and summer resident
  • Scratches at the ground for food
  • Formerly know as Rufous-sided Towhee
  • Common summer breeding bird of the KVR

Eastern Towhee on the ground

Eastern Towhee Female forages on the ground 

 

The Kickapoo Reserve Management Board acknowledges that the state and federal lands that comprise the Reserve fall within the ancestral homelands of First Nations people including the Hooçak Nation. We recognize the sovereignty of the Hooçak and other First Nations and will work towards a shared future by continuing to create collaborative opportunities to protect and preserve these lands.

Kickapoo Valley Reserve | S3661 State Highway 131 | La Farge, Wisconsin 54639 
Phone: 608-625-2960 | FAX: 608-625-2962
kickapoo.reserve@krm.state.wi.us

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