In fact, for a time, it was appropriately known as the “red-eyed towhee,” before the taxonomists split it into our western “spotted towhee” and its close relative the “eastern towhee.” ...

Other names for this common Lehigh Valley woodland songbird include bush-bird, chewink, red-eyed towhee, swamp robin and turkey sparrow, the latter nickname probably resulting from the earth ...

“Erythro” is the Greek word for “red,” and “phthalm” is the Greek word for “the eye.” Put them all together and we learn that the eastern towhee is also known as the “red-eyed ...

Pipilo means to chirp and erythrophthalmus, red-eyed. A red-eyed chirper. Hence the English name, red-eyed towhee. In 1843, in "The Birds of Long Island" by J.P. Giraud, Jr., the entry for the eastern ...

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 ... Sierra Nevada red fox, some ...

Distinctive markings: Male has a black head, back and tail with white belly, orange-red sides and red or white eyes. The ...