Pale sandy gray overall with unmarked wings, a dark eye, and a curved bill. Often holds its long tail up.
Often walks or runs on the ground with its tail held up in sparsely vegetated desert flats.
Long-tailed sandy gray songbird with a long curved bill. About the size of a Northern Mockingbird. Note pale cinnamon undertail coverts and plain wings.
Long-tailed, slim songbird with a decurved bill. Sings from exposed perches during the breeding season.
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A large songbird with a very long tail and a very long, curved bill. It has short, rounded wings and long, strong legs.
Slightly larger than a Northern Mockingbird, slightly smaller than a California Scrub-Jay.
robin-sizedOrnithologists recognize three subspecies, which differ slightly in size and plumage tone: lecontei in the Mojave and Sonoran Deserts, macmillanorum in the San Joaquin Valley of California, and arenicola in the Vizcaíno Desert of Baja California, Mexico.
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