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Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus)

Nest with eggs

Photo © Ed Johnson

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Adult male

Photo © Mason Maron / Macaulay Library

Female/immature

Photo © Alice Domalik / Macaulay Library

Adult (Olive-backed)

Photo © Miguel Aguilar @birdnomad / Macaulay Library

Juvenile

Photo © Jim Merritt / Macaulay Library

Adult male

Photo © Evan Lipton / Macaulay Library

Female/immature

Photo © Terry Karlin / Macaulay Library

Adult male

Photo © Paul Fenwick / Macaulay Library

Song

Complex song

Calls

Flight calls

Song (Olive-backed)

Song (Socorro)

Calls (Socorro)

When To Look

Source: Birds of the World

Where To Find It

Source: Birds of the World

Habitats

open woodland

shrub

Substrates

ground

What You'll Find

Nest Type

cup

Chick

Altricial

Clutch Size

Nest Height

5 ft

0 ft

Nesting Statistics

Incubation Period

12-13
days

Brooding Period

10-12
days

Useful Hints

Ground nests are built into depressions so that the nest rim is at the soil surface or only slightly above it.
They often choose fairly exposed areas over sites deep inside a thicket, but within these areas they find a clump of grass, a log, or the base of a shrub to conceal their nests against.
Only the female builds the nest, but both parents care for hatched young.

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Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus)

Nest with eggs

Adult male

Female/immature

Adult (Olive-backed)

Juvenile

Adult male

Female/immature

Adult male

Song

Song

Song

Complex song

Calls

Calls

Calls

Calls

Flight calls

Song (Olive-backed)

Song (Socorro)

Calls (Socorro)

When To Look

Where To Find It

Habitats

Substrates

What You'll Find

Nest Type

Chick

Clutch Size

Nest Height

Nesting Statistics

Incubation Period

Brooding Period

Useful Hints

More Resources

Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Cornell Lab of Ornithology