Tohi à queue verte— Quebec wildlife

The green-tailed towhee (Pipilo chlorurus) is a species of bird in the family Passerellidae, the New World sparrows. It is found in the western United States and much of Mexico.

Description

The green-tailed towhee is about 18 cm (7.1 in) long and weighs on average about 29 g (1.0 oz). Though the sexes have essentially the same plumage, females tend to be slightly duller than males. Adults have a reddish brown crown, a white spot above the lores, and a white "moustache" and throat on an otherwise gray head. Their hindneck, back, and scapulars are yellowish olive with grayish olive edges on the feathers. Their rump and uppertail coverts are grayish olive. Their tail is mostly greenish to yellow-green with olive brown edges on most feathers. Their wings are light fuscous with yellow-green edges on most flight feathers. Their breast and belly are grayish white, their sides and flanks pale gray with a creamy buff tinge, and their crissum creamy buff. Juveniles are comparatively drab with brownish gray upperparts and white underparts, both of which are heavily streaked with black.