Socorro Towhee

Pipilo socorroensis

My participation in a science expedition to the Archipiélago de Revillagigedo in February 2017 was a privilege and a pleasure, and easily one of the highlights of my life. Socorro Island (Isla Socorro), the largest island in this group of volcanic islands, offered meetings with several endemic species found nowhere else.

Though slightly smaller, this bird resembled the Spotted Towhee, a familiar bird of the western USA.

Socorro Towhee - Pipilo socorroensis — **Socorro Towhee**
*(Pipilo socorroensis)*

**Description:**
(Pipilo socorroensis) A very close relative of the Spotted Towhee, this bird is smaller. Our second day on Isla Socorro was on the southern slopes of the volcano that built the island. The largest of the islands in the Archipielago de Revillagigedo, and part of the state of Colima, Mexico 2017-02-16.
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**Date Taken:** 2017:02:16 7:38

**Location:**

Mount (Cerro) Evermann
Isla Socorro, Colima
Mexico
1404.27 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D5, 490 mm, f/8.0, 1/500

**File Name:** Socorro-SpottedTowhee_D5X8059

© 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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*(Pipilo socorroensis)*

**Description:**
(Pipilo socorroensis) A very close relative of the Spotted Towhee, this bird is smaller. Our second day on Isla Socorro was on the southern slopes of the volcano that built the island. The largest of the islands in the Archipielago de Revillagigedo, and part of the state of Colima, Mexico 2017-02-16.
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**Date Taken:** 2017:02:16 7:38

**Location:**

Mount (Cerro) Evermann
Isla Socorro, Colima
Mexico
1404.27 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D5, 490 mm, f/8.0, 1/500

**File Name:** Socorro-SpottedTowhee_D5X8059

© 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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