California Towhee
California Towhee
Adult
- Gray-brown overall
- Short, conical bill
- Warm, reddish brown eyering and face
- Long brown tail
- © Jamie Chavez , CA, Santa Maria, February 2007
California Towhee
Adult
- Speckling on throat
- Warm brown crown
- Reddish brown undertail coverts
- Often forages on ground
- © Lorcan Keating , CA, Golden Gate Park, January 2009
California Towhee
Adult
- Gray-brown overall
- Short, conical bill
- Warm, reddish brown eyering and face
- Long brown tail
- © Eric Rosenberg , CA, Alum Rock Park, San Jose, May 2007
California Towhee
Adult
- Short, conical bill
- Streaked throat
- Long brown tail
- Warm brown throat
- © Lorcan Keating , CA, Golden Gate Park, February 2009
California Towhee
Adult
- Gray-brown overall
- Warm, reddish brown eyering and face
- Reddish brown undertail coverts
- © Lorcan Keating , CA, San Fransisco, February 2009
California Towhee
Adult
- Gray-brown overall
- Reddish brown undertail coverts
- Warm, reddish brown eyering and face
- © davidkmcd , February 2008
Similar Species
Adult
- Dark face with pale bill
- Pinkish brown breast
- Very little range overlap
- © Sam Wilson, Scottsdale, AZ, December 2008
Adult female
- Grayish brown overall
- Pale throat
- No red on face or undertail
- Fairly short tail
- © Beth Graham, Woodstown, NJ, February 2009
Adult
- Pale throat and eyebrow, mottled cheek
- Long, downcurved black bill
- Gray above, dull orangish below with grayer breast
- © Eric Rosenberg, Los Altos, CA, April 2008
Adult female
- Pale underparts contrast with darker upperparts
- Variably brown or gray upperparts
- Pale bill
- White outer tail feathers
- © mworthi245, GA, January 2009
Adult Sooty
- Dark reddish brown or grayish wings and tail
- Dark spotting on white breast
- Yellowish bill
- © niecke's nature, Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, December 2008
Adult
- Grayish brown upperparts with reddish tail
- White underparts and spotted breast
- Thin black bill with pale base
- © Laura Erickson, June 2007