The eastern towhee is a large New World sparrow. The taxonomy of the towhees has been under debate in recent decades, and formerly this bird and the spotted towhee were considered a single species, the rufous-sided towhee . Source: Wikipedia
Geographic range:
Pipilo erythrophthalmus erythrophthalmus : E North America (s Canada to Gulf Coast)
Pipilo erythrophthalmus canaster : Tennessee to Louisiana, Alabama and nw Florida
Pipilo erythrophthalmus rileyi : Virginia to Georgia, n Florida and se Alabama
Pipilo erythrophthalmus alleni : Central peninsular Florida to tip of peninsula
Pipilo maculatus maculatus : Highlands of e Mexico (Hidalgo to Veracruz and e Puebla)
Pipilo maculatus sympatricus : Mountains of e Mexico (Sierra de Tuxtla of Veracruz)
Pipilo maculatus curtatus : SE Br. Col. to ne Calif., Nevada and Idaho; > to se Calif.
Pipilo maculatus falcinellus : Interior sw Oregon to Sierra Nevada and San Joaquin Valley
Pipilo maculatus montanus : SW US to nw Mexico; > to n Mexico
Pipilo maculatus gaigei : Mountains of New Mexico, w Texas and n Mexico (n Coahuila)
Pipilo maculatus griseipygius : Mountains of w Mexico (Sierra Madre Occidental)
Pipilo maculatus orientalis : Mountains of e Mexico (Sierra Madre Oriental)
Pipilo maculatus chiapensis : Mountains of s Mexico (central Chiapas)
Pipilo maculatus repetens : Mountains of s Mexico (se Chiapas) and w Guatemala
Pipilo maculatus arcticus : Great Plains of North America to sw US; > to ne Mexico
Pipilo maculatus macronyx : Mts. of c Mexico (e Michoacán, México, Morelos, Dist. Federal)
Pipilo maculatus vulcanorum : Mts. of c Mexico (México, ne Morelos, sw Tlaxcala and w Puebla)
Pipilo maculatus oaxacae : Highlands of s Mexico (n and central Oaxaca)
Pipilo maculatus oregonus : Coastal sw Br. Col. to sw Oregon; > to s California
Pipilo maculatus falcifer : Coastal n Calif. (Del Norte to Santa Cruz and San Benito counties)
Pipilo maculatus megalonyx : Coastal s Calif. (Monterey) to nw Baja Calif. and Santa Cruz I.
Pipilo maculatus clementae : Santa Rosa, Santa Catalina and San Clemente is. (off s California)
Pipilo maculatus umbraticola : NW Baja California (latitude 32°N to 30°N)
Pipilo maculatus consobrinus : formerly Isla Guadalupe (off w Baja California). Extinct; last observed in 1897
Pipilo maculatus magnirostris : Mountains of s Baja California (Sierra de la Laguna)
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English: Eastern or Spotted Towhee [excl. socorroensis]
French: Tohi à flancs roux ou T. maculé (excl. socorroensis)
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Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Eastern or Spotted Towhee [excl. socorroensis] ( Pipilo [erythrophthalmus or maculatus, excl. socorroensis] )
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Eastern or Spotted Towhee (excl. socorroensis) ( Pipilo [erythrophthalmus or maculatus, excl. socorroensis] )
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Eastern or Spotted Towhee (excl. socorroensis) ( Pipilo [erythrophthalmus or maculatus, excl. socorroensis] )
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Eastern or Spotted Towhee (excl. socorroensis) ( Pipilo [erythrophthalmus or maculatus, excl. socorroensis] )
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Eastern or Spotted Towhee (excl. socorroensis) ( Pipilo [erythrophthalmus or maculatus, excl. socorroensis] )
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Eastern or Spotted Towhee [excl. socorroensis] ( Pipilo [erythrophthalmus or maculatus, excl. socorroensis] )
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Eastern or Spotted Towhee [excl. socorroensis] ( Pipilo [erythrophthalmus or maculatus, excl. socorroensis] )
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Eastern or Spotted Towhee [excl. socorroensis] ( Pipilo [erythrophthalmus or maculatus, excl. socorroensis] )
Clements 3rd edition: Rufous-sided Towhee ( Pipilo erythrophthalmus )
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Peters' Check-list of the Birds: Pipilo erythrophthalmus
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Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Pipilo erythrophthalmus
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Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Pipilo erythrophthalmus
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Other synonyms
Czech: pipilo rudooký
Danish: Rødsidet Buskspurv
German: Rötelgrundammer
English: Eastern or Spotted Towhee (excl. socorroensis), Eastern or Spotted Towhee [excl. socorroensis], Rufous-sided Towhee
Esperanto: Ruĝolula pipilo
Spanish: Toquí Flanquirrufo
Spanish (Mexico): Toquí pinto
Estonian: punakülg-maasidrik
Finnish: loistopipilo
French: Tohi à flancs roux, Tohi à flancs roux ou T. maculé (excl. socorroensis)
Hebrew: אדום־עין
Hungarian: tarka avarsármány
Icelandic: Jarðtittlingur
Italian: Tòui fianchirossi
Japanese (romaji): wakiakatouhichou
Japanese: ワキアカトウヒチョウ
Scientific: Fringilla erythrophthalma, Pipilo [erythrophthalmus or maculatus, excl. socorroensis], Pipilo erythrophthalmus, Pipilo erythrophthalmus erythrophthalmus
Lithuanian: Raudonakis pipilas
Dutch: Roodflanktowie
Norwegian: Rødsidetovi
Polish: pipil rudoboczny
Portuguese: Pipilo-d'olho-vermelho
Russian: Красноглазый тоухи
Slovak: strnádlik červenooký
Slovenian: črnoglavi čivkač
Swedish: Brunsidig busksparv
Turkish: ala pipilo
Ukrainian: Тауї східний
Chinese: 棕胁唧鹀
Chinese (Traditional): 棕脇鵖鵐