eastern towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus)

Query: birds of america

Result: 1107^th of 1888

Subject:	eastern towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus)
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English: Pipilo erythrophthalmus nest. Original caption: "No. 21 Nest and eggs of Chewink. Two of the eggs do not show on account of position of camera."
Date 20 September 2011
Source Birds of the vicinity of the University of Indiana, by W. L. McAtee. 1905. http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/30027
Author W.L. McAtee (Waldo Lee McAtee, 1883-1962)
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pipilo_erythrophthalmus_nest_1904.jpg

The eastern towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus) is a large New World sparrow. Their breeding habitat is brushy areas across eastern North America. Eastern towhees nest either low in bushes or on the ground under shrubs. Northern birds migrate to the southern United States.

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