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title: "Roodflanktowie"
description: "Pipilo erythrophthalmus — Vogels. The eastern towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus), also known as chewink, joree, or joree bird, is a large New World sparrow."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/eastern-towhee
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Roodflanktowie

> Pipilo erythrophthalmus — Vogels. The eastern towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus), also known as chewink, joree, or joree bird, is a large New World sparrow.

- Scientific name: *Pipilo erythrophthalmus*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 45628
- Wikidata: [Q1541137](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1541137)
- iNaturalist taxon: [9424](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/9424)

## Names

- en: Eastern Towhee
- de: Rötelgrundammer
- es: Toquí­ pinto
- fr: Tohi à flancs roux
- nl: Roodflanktowie
- pt: Pipilo-d'olho-vermelho
- pl: Pipil rudoboczny

## Countries with the most observations

US (38386), CA (3629)

## Summary

The eastern towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus), also known as chewink, joree, or joree bird, is a large New World sparrow. The taxonomy of the towhees has been under debate in recent decades, and formerly this bird and the spotted towhee were considered a single species, the rufous-sided towhee.
Their breeding habitat is brushy areas across eastern North America. They nest either low in bushes or on the ground under shrubs. Northern birds migrate to the southern United States. One of this species was recorded as a vagrant to western Europe, a single bird in Great Britain in 1966.
The song is a short drink your teeeeea…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_towhee

## Photo

![Roodflanktowie](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/eastern-towhee/medium.jpg)

Photo: David Bird · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/319934931

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/eastern-towhee?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).