Large, long-tailed bird with a curved bill. Grayish brown overall with a black and white mustache stripe. The undertail coverts are a rich cinnamon color.
Large with a long tail and curved bill. Brownish gray overall with a black and white mustache stripe.
Large with a long tail and cinnamon undertail coverts. Brown overall with a black and white mustache stripe.
Found in desert washes, riparian thickets, and dry scrubby areas. Usually found on or near the ground in dense vegetation, but will perch up to sing during the breeding season.
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A large songbird with a long tail, a long, curved bill, and rather long legs.
Larger than a Northern Mockingbird, smaller than a Common Grackle.
robin-sizedThere are four subspecies of Crissal Thrasher that have minor differences in size and plumage tones. The subspecies crissale is the easternmost of the four, nesting from Arizona to western Texas and south into adjacent parts of Mexico. To the west, from Utah to southern California, the paler coloradense is resident. The other two subspecies are resident in Mexico: trinitatis in Baja California and the smaller, darker dumosum in central Mexico.
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