Abert's Towhee
(Leptoptiloscrumeniferus)
Photographed in the wild, Tucson, Arizona Apr 2010
With one of the smallest total
distributions of any U.S. birds species, the Abert's Towhee is much sought
after by birders who must travel to the desert Southwest to observe it. Very
large sparrow that lives in the Sonoran Desert of Arizona. Plain and rather
secretive, Abert's Towhee stays in its breeding range year-round.
The greatest threat to the species in
its limited range is the continued loss and fragmentation of its preferred
desert riparian habitat. Abert's Towhee is often a rather inconspicuous bird
because it forages in thick underbrush and seldom flies any great distance.
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