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Le Conte's Thrasher

Toxostoma leconteiOrder: PASSERIFORMESFamily: Mockingbirds and Thrashers (Mimidae)

Breeding Location:

Bushes, shrubs, and thickets, Desert, Desert, semi



Breeding Type:

Monogamous, Solitary nester



Breeding Population:

Yes but uncommon



Egg Color:

Blue green, with brown spots at large end



Number of Eggs:

2 - 4



Incubation Days:

15



Egg Incubator:

Both sexes



Nest Material:

Lined with feathers., Made of twigs.



Migration:

Nonmigratory



Splitbar

Overview

Le Conte's Thrasher: Medium thrasher with plain gray or gray-brown body with paler throat and rufous undertail feathers. Eyes are dark. Bill is long, decurved, and black. Tail is long and dark. Legs and feet are black. Feeds on insects and their larvae, spiders, fruits and berries.

Range and Habitat

Le Conte's Thrasher: Resident in deserts of southwestern U.S. from southeastern California, southern Nevada, southwestern Utah, and western and central Arizona to northwestern Mexico. Found in open desert scrub, alkali desert scrub, and desert succulent scrub.

Breeding and Nesting

Le Conte's Thrasher: Two to four blue green eggs with brown spots at larger end are laid in a bulky twig nest lined with feathers. Eggs are incubated for 15 days by both parents.

Foraging and Feeding

Le Conte's Thrasher: Diet consists primarily of arthropods, including scorpions, spiders, beetles, grasshoppers, and caterpillars; occasionally eats seeds, small lizards, or other small vertebrates; forages on the ground and by digging with bill and feet, sometimes several inches deep into substrate.

Readily Eats

Suet, Sunflower Seed, Nuts

Vocalization

Le Conte's Thrasher: Song is a loud and musical warbling with infrequent repetition of phrases. Call is a rising "tweep" or "ch-reeip."

Similar Species

Le Conte's Thrasher: California Thrasher is larger and darker.

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Family Mockingbirds and Thrashers (Mimidae)_blue
Species Toxostoma lecontei
Length10 - 11 Inches
Wingspan12.5 Inches

Le Conte's Thrasher

Le Conte's Thrasher: Medium thrasher with plain gray or gray-brown body with paler throat and rufous undertail feathers. Eyes are dark. Bill is long, decurved, and black. Tail is long and dark. Legs and feet are black. Feeds on insects and their larvae, spiders, fruits and berries.

● Song: "tweep", "ch-reeip"

● Foraging & Feeding: Le Conte's Thrasher: Diet consists primarily of arthropods, including scorpions, spiders, beetles, grasshoppers, and caterpillars; occasionally eats seeds, small lizards, or other small vertebrates; forages on the ground and by digging with bill and feet, sometimes several inches deep into substrate.

● Breeding & nesting: Le Conte's Thrasher: Two to four blue green eggs with brown spots at larger end are laid in a bulky twig nest lined with feathers. Eggs are incubated for 15 days by both parents.

● Similar species: Le Conte's Thrasher: California Thrasher is larger and darker.

Flight Pattern

Short flights wih shallow wing beats.
Le Conte's Thrasher Breeding Adult Body Illustration
● Range & Habitat: Le Conte's Thrasher: Resident in deserts of southwestern U.S. from southeastern California, southern Nevada, southwestern Utah, and western and central Arizona to northwestern Mexico. Found in open desert scrub, alkali desert scrub, and desert succulent scrub.
BreedingMonogamous, Solitary nester
PopulationYes but uncommon
MigrationNonmigratory
Weight2.2 Ounces