Spotted Towhee
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(New page: image: spottedtowhee.jpg '''Common Name:''' Spotted Towhee '''Scientific Name:''' Pipilo maculatus '''Size:''' 7-8 inches (17-21cm) '''Habitat:''' United States and Canada; west o...) |
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'''Size:''' 7-8 inches (17-21cm) | '''Size:''' 7-8 inches (17-21cm) | ||
| - | '''Habitat:''' United States and Canada; west of the Rockies. Prefers forest edges, shrubby areas with good cover. | + | '''Habitat:''' North America; United States and Canada; west of the Rockies. Prefers forest edges, shrubby areas with good cover. |
| - | '''Status:''' Widespread and abundant, increasing in some areas. Island forms vulnerable. | + | '''Status:''' Least Concern. '''Global population:''' 14,000,000 Mature individuals. Widespread and abundant, increasing in some areas. Island forms vulnerable. |
'''Diet:''' Insects and seed, occasionally fruit. Forages on the ground, scratching in a two-footed, backwards-scratching hop called a "double-scratch". | '''Diet:''' Insects and seed, occasionally fruit. Forages on the ground, scratching in a two-footed, backwards-scratching hop called a "double-scratch". | ||
How determined is a towhee in using its “Double-scratch” foraging technique? In a reported account, “one Spotted Towhee with an unusable, injured foot was observed hopping and scratching with one foot”. | How determined is a towhee in using its “Double-scratch” foraging technique? In a reported account, “one Spotted Towhee with an unusable, injured foot was observed hopping and scratching with one foot”. | ||
| - | '''Found in [http:// | + | |
| + | '''Found in [http://hivewire3d.com/songbird-remix-cool-unusual-birds.html Songbird Remix Cool and Unusual Birds]''' | ||
