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California Thrasher

Toxostoma redivivumOrder: PASSERIFORMESFamily: Mockingbirds and Thrashers (Mimidae)
California Thrasher Head Illustration_2

Head

  • Bill Shape: Curved (up or down)
  • Eye Color: Brown.
  • Head Pattern: Eyeline, Streaked, Malar or malar stripe
  • Crown Color: Dark olive-brown
  • Forehead Color: Dark olive-brown
  • Nape Color: Dark olive-brown
  • Throat Color: Buff-gray
  • Cere color: No Data
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Body

  • Length Range: 28-33 cm (11-13 in)
  • Weight: 85 g (3 oz)
  • Size: Size 3. Medium (9 - 16 in)
  • Color: White, Brown, Buff
  • Underparts: Buff to orange-brown.
  • Upperparts: Dark olive-brown
  • Back Pattern: Solid
  • Belly Pattern: Solid
  • Breast Pattern: Solid
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Flight

  • Flight Pattern: Long flights on swift, shallow wing beats.
  • Wingspan Range: 36-41 cm (14-16 in)
  • Wing Shape: Rounded-Wings
  • Tail Shape: Fan-shaped Tail
  • Tail Pattern: Solid
  • Upper Tail: Dark-olive brown
  • Under Tail: Red-brown coverts.
  • Leg Color: Gray-brown
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Family Mockingbirds and Thrashers (Mimidae)_blue
Species Toxostoma redivivum
Length11 - 13 Inches
Wingspan15 Inches

California Thrasher

California Thrasher: Large, slender thrasher with dark brown upperparts and paler gray-brown underparts. Face is finely streaked, eyes are dark, and black bill is very long and down curved. Throat has small buff patch. Tail is long with reddish-brown undertail coverts. Legs and feet are gray-brown.

● Song: "chuck", "chur-erp"

● Foraging & Feeding: California Thrasher: Diet consists of insects, spiders, seeds of berries, hazelnuts, weeds, and small fruits; forages by digging in soil and turning over leaves with its bill.

● Breeding & nesting: California Thrasher: Two to four pale blue eggs with light brown spots, are laid in a bowl-shaped nest made of sticks and roots, lined with finer materials, and built in a shrub. Eggs are incubated for approximately 14 days by both parents.

● Similar species: California Thrasher: Crissal Thrasher is darker behind eye, paler cheeks and more rust-brown on undertail coverts. Le Conte's Thrasher is paler overall and lacks pale area behind eye and dark cheeks.

Flight Pattern

Long flights on swift, shallow wing beats.
California Thrasher Body Illustration_2
● Range & Habitat: California Thrasher: Resident in California west of Sierra Nevada. Preferred habitats include chaparral, foothills, and dense shrubs in parks or gardens.
BreedingMonogamous, Solitary nester
PopulationWidespread
MigrationNonmigratory
Weight3 Ounces