Toxostoma longirostre ORDER: PASSERIFORMES FAMILY: MIMIDAE
IUCN Conservation Status: Least Concern
© Denny Mallory / CLO
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.
Song is a long series of rich, warbled, variable phrases. Phrases may be given two to four times. Call note is a mellow, descending "kleak" or rich, whistled "chee-ooep."