[Length 7.25 in. Wingspan 9.75 in.]

This Green-tailed Towhee was photographed at Piute Mountains, California, USA. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED lens on a Nikon D7100 camera. (Date: July 4, 2013)

[Length 8.5 in. Wingspan 10.5 in.]

The Spotted Towhee (formerly known as the western race of the Rufous-sided Towhee) breeds throughout most of the western US and the far southwest of Canada. It withdraws from the northern portion of its range in winter. Although the white-spotted black and rufous plumage of the male is quite distinctive, the bird is more often heard than seen, giving a varied trilling song often preceded by a few single notes or a raspy, wheezy call note from the cover of dense bushes, where it forages in the leaf litter. It is often heard as it rapidly hops backward, raking the leaves with its feet to expose insects and other invertebrates. Females have the same basic color pattern, but in more subdued tones. This male Spotted Towhee was photographed in the foothills near Denver, Colorado, USA. Photo taken with a 300mm f4.5 Nikkor ED lens on Ektachrome 200 film pushed to 800. (Date: May 1986)

[Length 8.5 in. Wingspan 10.5 in.]

This female Spotted Towhee was photographed at South Llano River State Park, Junction, Texas, USA. Photo taken with a Nikkor 70-200mm EDAF-S VR f2.8 lens + Nikkor TC20E II 2.0x Teleconverter (EFL=600mm) on a Nikon D100 camera. (Date: April 7, 2006)

[Length 8.5 in. Wingspan 10.5 in.]

This male Spotted Towhee was photographed at South Llano River State Park, Junction, Texas, USA. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF-S f4 lens + Nikkor TC20E II 2.0x Teleconverter (EFL=900mm) on a Nikon D100 camera. (Date: April 7, 2006)

[Length 8.5 in. Wingspan 10.5 in.]

This male Spotted Towhee was photographed at South Llano River State Park, Junction, Texas, USA. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF-S f4 lens + Nikkor TC20E II 2.0x Teleconverter (EFL=900mm) on a Nikon D100 camera. (Date: April 7, 2006)

[Length 8.5 in. Wingspan 10.5 in.]

This male Spotted Towhee was photographed at Bosque del Apache NWR, New Mexico, USA. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF-S VR f2.8 lens (EFL=450mm) on a Nikon D200 camera. (Date: February 29, 2008)

[Length 8.5 in. Wingspan 10.5 in.]

This male Spotted Towhee was photographed at Sam Nail Ranch, Big Bend National Park, Texas, USA. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED lens + Nikkor TC14E II 1.4x Teleconverter (EFL=630mm) on a Nikon D300 camera. (Date: December 12, 2010)

[Length 5 in. Wingspan xx in.]

This Eurasian Treecreeper was photographed at Loch an Eilein, Inverdruie, Scotland, Great Britain. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF-S f4 lens (EFL=450mm) on a Nikon D100 camera. (Date: June 18, 2004)

[Length 10 in. Wingspan ?? in.]

This male Black-throated Trogon was photographed at Metropolitan Park, Panama City, Panama. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED lens (EFL=330mm) on a Nikon D7000 camera. (Date: August 6, 2011)