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Curve-billed Thrasher
Toxostoma curvirostre
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About the Curve-billed Thrasher
The curve-billed thrasher (Toxostoma curvirostre) is a medium-sized mimid native to most of Mexico and to the deserts of southwestern United States. It is a non-migratory species, and throughout most of its range it is the most common desert thrasher. Several subspecies have been classified since 1827, though there is no consensus on the number. Allopatric speciation is believed to have played a major role in the variations of the curve-billed. It is grey-brown overall with a slightly curved bill, and is similar in appearance to the related Bendire's thrasher.
Source: Wikipedia
Classification
- Scientific name
- Toxostoma curvirostre
- 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
- Bendire's Thrasher Toxostoma bendirei
- 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
- Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Gray Thrasher Toxostoma cinereum
- LeConte's Thrasher Toxostoma lecontei
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