Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Towhees Brown Towhee Pipilo fuscus in a California garden Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Passeriformes Family: Emberizidae Genus: Pipilo Species see text A Towhee is any one of a number of species of birds in the genus Pipilo within the family Emberizidae (which also includes the buntings, American sparrows, and juncos). Towhees typically have longer tails than other emberizids. Most species have rather skulking habits, so they are not well known, though the Rufous-sided Towhee P. erythrophthalamus is bolder as well as more colorful. This species, and some others, frequent urban parks and gardens. Species list (possibly incomplete): Spotted Towhee, Pipilo maculatus Green-tailed Towhee, Pipilo chlorurus Canyon or Brown Towhee, Pipilo fuscus Abert's Towhee, Pipilo aberti California Towhee, Pipilo crissalis Eastern or Rufous-sided Towhee, Pipilo erythrophthalmus This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.