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Photo by Gary Clark
Location: Whitewater Draw, Arizona.

Pipilo fuscus

[edit] Identification

20–25 cm. Brown upperparts, lighter underparts, dark head, rufous cap, reddish under tail, long tail.

[edit] Distribution

Southwestern United States and northern Mexico.

[edit] Taxonomy

Formerly considered conspecific with the California Towhee under the name Brown Towhee. There are 10 subspecies:^[1]
mesoleucus, intermedius, jamesi, mesatus, texanus, perpallidus, fuscus, potosinus, campoi, toroi.

[edit] Habitat

Brush or chaparral.

[edit] Behaviour

The diet includes insects.

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist.

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