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California Thrasher

Toxostoma redivivum ORDER: PASSERIFORMES FAMILY: MIMIDAE

IUCN Conservation Status: Least Concern

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A long-tailed bird of the chaparral, the California Thrasher is found only in California and Baja California.

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Calls

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    © Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

Song is a long series of warbled, variable phrases, some musical and other harsh, which may be repeated once or twice. Call a dry "chak."

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