Abert's Towhee

When to see the Abert's Towhee

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is April, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Abert's Towhee

The map shades 2 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Abert's Towhee

Abert's towhee is a bird of the family Passerellidae, native to a small range in southwestern North America, generally the lower Colorado River and Gila River watersheds, nearly endemic to Arizona, but also present in small parts of California, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico, and Sonora in Mexico. The name of this bird commemorates the American ornithologist James William Abert (1820–1897).

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Easily confused with

Canyon TowheeMelozone fuscaIt is 19 to 25 cm (7.5 to 9.8 in) long, and has a noticeably long tail, at 8.2 to 11 cm (3.2 to 4.3 in). White-eared Ground SparrowMelozone leucotisThe white-eared ground sparrow is about 18 cm (7.1 in) long and weighs about 42 g (1.5 oz). White-throated TowheeMelozone albicollisThe white-throated towhee is a large sparrow with a long tail, 18.5 to 22.5 cm (7.3 to 8.9 in) long and weighing 42 to 50 g (1.5 to 1.8 oz).