BirdsIn Stark County, Ohio

Eastern Towhee

Pipilo erythrophthalmus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Eastern Towhee in all of Ohio
Eastern Towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus)
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Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Genus
Pipilo
Near Stark County

Range

Where it is recorded

Season shown in 0 of Ohio's 88 counties. Its mapped range covers 88. Explore Ohio

  • No result yet (0)
  • Within its mapped range (19)
  • Recorded, too few records for a result (56)
  • Recorded, season not shown (13)
  • Season shown (0)
Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau, 2025 Cartographic Boundary Files, 1:500,000. Range: USGS Gap Analysis Project, Species Range Maps CONUS_2001 (2018). Show as a table
Counties as a table
Eastern Towhee by Ohio county: records and mapped range
CountyRecordsIn mapped range
Adams CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Allen CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer
Ashland CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Ashtabula CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Athens County47 · Recorded, season not shownYes: year-round, summer
Auglaize CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer
Belmont CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Brown CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Butler County34 · Recorded, season not shownYes: year-round
Carroll CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Champaign CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round, summer
Clark CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Clermont County32 · Recorded, season not shownYes: year-round
Clinton CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Columbiana CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Coshocton CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Crawford CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Cuyahoga County79 · Recorded, season not shownYes: summer
Darke CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round, summer
Defiance CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer
Delaware CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Erie CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Fairfield CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round, summer
Fayette CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: year-round
Franklin County56 · Recorded, season not shownYes: year-round, summer
Fulton CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Gallia CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: year-round
Geauga CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Greene County30 · Recorded, season not shownYes: year-round
Guernsey CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Hamilton County105 · Recorded, season not shownYes: year-round
Hancock CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Hardin CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Harrison CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Henry CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer
Highland CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Hocking County22 · Recorded, season not shownYes: year-round, summer
Holmes CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Huron CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Jackson CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: year-round
Jefferson CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Knox CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Lake County26 · Recorded, season not shownYes: summer
Lawrence CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: year-round
Licking CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Logan CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Lorain CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Lucas County66 · Recorded, season not shownYes: summer
Madison CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: year-round
Mahoning CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Marion CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer
Medina CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Meigs CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round, summer
Mercer CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer
Miami CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Monroe CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Montgomery County21 · Recorded, season not shownYes: year-round
Morgan CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Morrow CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer
Muskingum CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Noble CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Ottawa CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Paulding CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer
Perry CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Pickaway CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Pike CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: year-round
Portage CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Preble CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Putnam CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer
Richland CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Ross CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Sandusky CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Scioto CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Seneca CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer
Shelby CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round, summer
Stark County63 · Recorded, season not shownYes: summer
Summit County132 · Recorded, season not shownYes: summer
Trumbull CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Tuscarawas CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Union CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Van Wert CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer
Vinton CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Warren CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Washington CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Wayne CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Williams CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer
Wood CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Wyandot CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer

Season

When it is recorded

In Stark County

Not enough evidence

The weeks are still too uncertain to show a season. Based on 63 records in 8 of the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, above the minimum of 20 records from 5 different years.
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Recording in Stark County · records of all species each week, 33,891 in all

Records per week from 63 records in 8 of the 10 years from 2016 to 2025. Shows when people recorded it, not a season or how common it is.

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Records of Eastern Towhee in Stark County each week, and records of all species
WeekRecords of Eastern TowheeYears recordedRecords of all species
Jan 4–1000143
Jan 11–1711119
Jan 18–2400147
Jan 25–3132143
Feb 1–700117
Feb 8–1400168
Feb 15–2100164
Feb 22–2811247
Mar 1–711246
Mar 8–1400250
Mar 15–2122316
Mar 22–2822302
Mar 29 – Apr 411254
Apr 5–1143386
Apr 12–1811628
Apr 19–2564720
Apr 26 – May 21261,636
May 3–9421,048
May 10–1674697
May 17–2332768
May 24–30321,208
May 31 – Jun 611850
Jun 7–1300906
Jun 14–2000903
Jun 21–27001,262
Jun 28 – Jul 4001,285
Jul 5–11001,477
Jul 12–18111,492
Jul 19–25331,222
Jul 26 – Aug 1001,310
Aug 2–8111,099
Aug 9–15001,148
Aug 16–22001,200
Aug 23–29001,155
Aug 30 – Sep 5001,026
Sep 6–12001,177
Sep 13–19001,868
Sep 20–2600782
Sep 27 – Oct 311687
Oct 4–1000770
Oct 11–1711548
Oct 18–2400336
Oct 25–3100382
Nov 1–711289
Nov 8–1411168
Nov 15–2100147
Nov 22–2800116
Nov 29 – Dec 51184
Dec 6–1200108
Dec 13–1900113
Dec 20–2611123
Dec 27 – Jan 200151

In Ohio

Not enough evidence

The weeks are still too uncertain to show a season. Based on 1,354 records in 10 of the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, above the minimum of 20 records from 5 different years.
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Recording in Ohio · records of all species each week, 1,691,199 in all

Records per week from 1,354 records in 10 of the 10 years from 2016 to 2025. Shows when people recorded it, not a season or how common it is.

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Records of Eastern Towhee in Ohio each week, and records of all species
WeekRecords of Eastern TowheeYears recordedRecords of all species
Jan 4–10756,211
Jan 11–171655,146
Jan 18–24744,645
Jan 25–312264,698
Feb 1–71056,023
Feb 8–141465,888
Feb 15–21845,436
Feb 22–28966,846
Mar 1–71258,321
Mar 8–1421810,384
Mar 15–2126812,620
Mar 22–2831613,949
Mar 29 – Apr 4591019,661
Apr 5–11711026,860
Apr 12–18821039,925
Apr 19–251261041,623
Apr 26 – May 21531056,391
May 3–91141052,952
May 10–1686953,785
May 17–23671057,698
May 24–30511054,651
May 31 – Jun 623953,099
Jun 7–1330853,700
Jun 14–20331056,625
Jun 21–2713755,361
Jun 28 – Jul 418858,477
Jul 5–1120861,336
Jul 12–1820864,722
Jul 19–2526969,753
Jul 26 – Aug 133859,416
Aug 2–815859,712
Aug 9–1516655,994
Aug 16–2210354,328
Aug 23–294451,772
Aug 30 – Sep 54457,167
Sep 6–124459,075
Sep 13–193354,543
Sep 20–264345,860
Sep 27 – Oct 35443,180
Oct 4–107437,841
Oct 11–1712430,824
Oct 18–248521,156
Oct 25–3110419,021
Nov 1–72214,172
Nov 8–142212,621
Nov 15–21557,965
Nov 22–28338,136
Nov 29 – Dec 5736,083
Dec 6–12336,004
Dec 13–19655,423
Dec 20–26955,661
Dec 27 – Jan 2748,459

What these results show

These results show when people recorded a species, not when or where it occurs. Missing weeks and low counts do not mean absence or scarcity, and counts are not abundance. Contributed records reflect where, when and what people chose to observe.

Identification

How to identify it

Telling it apart

From what Ohio’s records show. Only what the records support is shown.

Often confused with

  • American Robin Turdus migratorius136 identifications worldwide named one where the other was meant
  • Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis25 identifications worldwide named one where the other was meant
  • Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis22 identifications worldwide named one where the other was meant
  • Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus16 identifications worldwide named one where the other was meant
  • Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius13 identifications worldwide named one where the other was meant

From iNaturalist’s similar-species counts, refreshed monthly: confusions in Ohio first, then worldwide. Only species with an Ohio result are listed.

Land cover where it is recorded

Land coverIts recordsAll Ohio records
Forest47%31%
Developed38%49%
Farmland10%11%
Wetland5%5%
Grassland and shrub1%0.9%
Open water0.2%3%

From 556 records placed within 100 m, beside all Ohio records placed the same way. People record where they go, so this shows where records come from, not where the species lives. Land cover: USGS Annual NLCD, 2025 (opens in a new tab)

Sources

Where these results come from

  • Records from iNaturalist research-grade observations and expert-identified GBIF datasets, CC0, CC BY and CC BY-NC. Sources
  • Seasons use the published method and its evidence thresholds. Methods
  • See it on iNaturalist (opens in a new tab)OpenPhenology is independent and not affiliated with iNaturalist.

Records behind the Ohio result

1,354 records from 2 datasets.

To cite: the GBIF download doi:10.15468/dl.y2jkt8 (opens in a new tab).

A spreadsheet (CSV) with a link to each record, on iNaturalist or GBIF. Records whose location was hidden by the observer or the source are counted but not linked.