Eastern Towhee
Pipilo erythrophthalmus (Linnaeus, 1758) (0, 1)
Photo © By The Lilac Breasted Roller - originally posted to Flickr as Eastern Towhee, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4119211
STATUS
North America. Polytypic.
OVERVIEW
Formerly known as Rufous-sided Towhee but the species was split into two species and this became Eastern Towhee in 1997 (Ibis 139: 199).
BBRC RECORD
1). 1966 Devon Lundy, adult female, trapped, 7th June.
(F. R. Smith and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 60: 332; C. S. Waller, British Birds 63: 147-149; British Birds 72: 393; BOURC (1971), Ibis 113: 144; BOURC (1980), Ibis 122: 566; Dymond, 1980; BOURC (1997), Ibis 139: 199; Davis & Jones, 2007).
