Hefty with a long tail and bill. Other stand out features include gray face, yellow eye, and heavily streaked belly. More brown than rusty like the similar Brown Thrasher.
Forages primarily on the ground. Brown overall with dark streaks on belly. Yellow eye stands out on gray cheek.
About the size of a robin. Sings from conspicuous perches, otherwise stays closer to the ground. Note long tail and bill.
Found in woodlands near streams and dense thickets.
A large songbird with a long tail and a long, slightly curving bill. It has short wings and strong, fairly long legs.
Slightly larger than a Northern Mockingbird, slightly smaller than a Common Grackle.
robin-sizedOrnithologists recognize two subspecies, the paler, grayer sennetti of southern Texas and adjacent Mexico; and the darker, more chestnut longirostre, of the southern part of the range.
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