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Long-billed Thrasher

Toxostoma longirostre ORDER: PASSERIFORMES FAMILY: MIMIDAE

IUCN Conservation Status: Least Concern

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A resident of dense brushy habitats, the Long-billed Thrasher is found only in southern Texas and eastern Mexico. It closely resembles its rustier relative, the Brown Thrasher, which spends the winter in some of the same areas.

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Appearance

Thrushlike
Thrushlike
Typical Voice

Adult Description

  • Large, long-tailed songbird.
  • Upperparts grayish brown.
  • Underparts white with black streaking.

Immature Description

Juvenile looks similar to adult, but duller, and with indistinct buff spotting on nape and rump, buff wingbars, and yellow eyes.

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    Long-billed Thrasher

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Similar Species

  • Brown Thrasher very similar, but is more reddish on back and tail, has a more brownish face, a shorter bill with a pale base to the lower mandible, unstreaked undertail coverts, and a yellow eye. Long-billed Thrasher does not repeat phrases in its song as constantly as the Brown Thrasher does.
  • Curve-billed Thrasher is grayish, lacks black stripes, and has a longer, more curved bill.