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Bendire's Thrasher
Toxostoma bendirei
Audubon Illustration
John James Audubon, Birds of America (1827-1838). Public domain.
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About the Bendire's Thrasher
Bendire's thrasher (Toxostoma bendirei) is a medium-sized species of thrasher native to the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico. It is 23–28 centimetres (9.1–11.0 in) long, with a long tail and a medium-sized bill. Coloration is grayish-brown on its upperparts with paler, faintly dark streaked underparts. The base of the lower bill is often pale, the eyes are bright yellow, and the tips of the tail are white-tipped.
Source: Wikipedia
Classification
- Scientific name
- Toxostoma bendirei
- Family
- Mockingbirds and Thrashers
- Order
- Passeriformes
Similar species
Other members of the mockingbirds and thrashers family recorded in North America — a useful place to start if you are not certain of your identification.
- Bahama Mockingbird Mimus gundlachii
- Black Catbird Melanoptila glabrirostris
- Blue Mockingbird Melanotis caerulescens
- Blue-and-white Mockingbird Melanotis hypoleucus
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- California Thrasher Toxostoma redivivum
- Cozumel Thrasher Toxostoma guttatum
- Crissal Thrasher Toxostoma crissale
- Curve-billed Thrasher Toxostoma curvirostre
- Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Gray Thrasher Toxostoma cinereum
- LeConte's Thrasher Toxostoma lecontei
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