Green-Tailed Towhee

• Scientific Name: Pipilo Chlorurus
• Common Name: Green-Tailed Towhee
• Diet: seeds, insects, berries
• Color: greenish-gray
• Size: 7 inches
• Active Period: Winter
• Habitat: widespread
• Field Identification: reddish crown, white throat, hop-scratch behavior, low crest
• Nest: low cup
• Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
• Genus: Pipilo
• Family: Emberizidae (sparrows)
• Order: Passeriformes
• Phylum: Chordata (hollow nerve cord)
• Subphylum: Vertebrata (backbone)
• Species: chlorurus