Common Name: Spotted towhee Scientific name: Pipilo maculatus How to identify: Spotted towhees have a thick, pointed bill; short neck; chunky body and long, rounded tail.

In addition, protections provided to the bird's habitat by the 1994 California Desert Conservation Act should have reinforced the safeguards demanded by the critical habitat designation. But the ...

The Sacramento-based Pacific Legal Foundation gets to claim victory, with the Fish and Wildlife Service's new proposal to remove the Inyo California towhee from federal protection.

Desert songbirds may face expanding threat of lethal dehydration ... Abert's towhee and curve-billed thrasher, representing "a wide range of body sizes," Gerson notes.

The proposal also puts the towhee in rare company. Only 30 other species, including the bald eagle, have been delisted from the Endangered Species Act because their populations have recovered.

The green-tailed towhee adds some zip to its gray body with unique greenish-yellow highlights on the ... Canyon towhees are fairly common in the more desert areas south of Teller County, ...

A male spotted towhee has a black head, back and tail with a white belly, orange-red sides and multiple white wing marks. “I think that the first thing people notice is their sides,” David ...

The move puts the Inyo towhee in rare company. Only 30 other species, including the bald eagle, have been delisted from the Endangered Species Act because their populations have recovered.

The eastern towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus, or “red-eyed chipper”) is found in much of the eastern United States. The species belongs to the New World sparrow family, a group native to the Americas ...

WEST ALTON, Mo. — A Missouri bird sanctuary rejoiced after officials recently spotted a rare bird on the facility's grounds. The bird, a Green-tailed Towhee, was sighted at the Riverlands ...