Pipilo maculatus
Spotted Towhees are large sparrows with chunky bodies, long tails and thick pointed bills. Males have black backs, necks, breasts, heads, their black wings have white spots, sides are rufous, bellies are white and they have red eyes. Females are duller and instead of black they are brown-gray.
Title: Male Spotted Towhee in a hawthorn
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 10/9/2022
Title: Juvenile Green-tailed and Spotted Towhee comparison
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 7/8/2022
Title: Male Spotted Towhee in spring
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Morgan County, Utah
Date: 5/5/2022
Title: Raggedy Spotted Towhee male
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Morgan County, Utah
Date: 8/11/2021
Title: Spotted Towhee male on a snowy winter morning
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 2/14/2021
Title: Snowy Spotted Towhee portrait
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 2/14/2021
Title: Winter male Spotted Towhee perched in a tree
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 2/14/2021
Title: Adult Spotted Towhee male on a smoky September morning
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 9/13/2020
Title: Adult male Spotted Towhee perched on sumac
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 9/13/2020
Title: Molting immature male Spotted Towhee on a smoky September morning
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 9/13/2020
Title: Immature male Spotted Towhee molting
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 9/13/2020
Title: Male Spotted Towhee peeking out of a Fragrant Sumac
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 11/5/2019
Title: Juvenile Spotted Towhee in molt
Location: Morgan County, Utah
Date: 9/9/2018
Title: Juvenile Spotted Towhee
Location: Morgan County, Utah
Date: 9/9/2018
Title: Male Spotted Towhee perched in Greasewood
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 9/25/2017
Title: Spotted Towhee male singing on its territory
Location: West Desert, Tooele County, Utah
Date: 4/21/2015