Adult Abert's Towhee

tags: Abert's Towhee, Pipilo aberti, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery bird] Abert's Towhee, Pipilo aberti, photographed in Arizona. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow] Image: Richard Ditch, 22 February 2009 [larger view]. Date Time Original: 2009:02:22 16:36:34 Exposure Time: 1/400 F-Number: 5.60 ISO: 250 Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification. Rick Wright, author of Aimophila Adventures and Managing Director of WINGS Birding Tours Worldwide, writes: A big, long-tailed, pot-bellied, heavy-billed sparrow -- aka, a towhee. The only towhee…