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Passeriformes / Passerellidae / Pipilo

Eastern Towhee

Pipilo erythrophthalmus

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (eastow) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Passeriformes
Family: Passerellidae
Genus: Pipilo

Subspecies (4)

Pipilo erythrophthalmus alleni

central to southern peninsular Florida
Pipilo erythrophthalmus canaster

Tennessee to Louisiana, Alabama, and northwestern Florida
Pipilo erythrophthalmus erythrophthalmus

eastern North America (southern Canada to Gulf Coast)
Pipilo erythrophthalmus rileyi

Virginia to Georgia, northern Florida, and southeastern Alabama

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (eastow) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.