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Bendire's Thrasher

Toxostoma bendirei ORDER: PASSERIFORMES FAMILY: MIMIDAE

IUCN Conservation Status: Vulnerable

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© 2004 Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Bendire's Thrasher is a bird of the deserts of southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico. Unlike other southwestern thrashers, it leaves the northern portion of its breeding range in winter, and wanderers sometimes appear at unexpected locations.

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Calls

  • song
    Recorded by Geoffrey A. Keller
    • Courtesy of Macaulay Library
    © Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

Song a complex musical warble, not broken into phrases like other thrashers. Call a "chek."

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