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Long-billed Thrasher

Toxostoma longirostreOrder: PASSERIFORMESFamily: Mockingbirds and Thrashers (Mimidae)
Long-billed Thrasher Breeding Male Head Illustration

Head

  • Bill Shape: Curved (up or down)
  • Eye Color: Orange in adults and yellow in juveniles.
  • Head Pattern: Plain, Spotted, Malar or malar stripe
  • Crown Color: Gray
  • Forehead Color: Gray
  • Nape Color: Gray
  • Throat Color: White
  • Cere color: No Data
Long-billed Thrasher Breeding Male Body Illustration

Body

  • Length Range: 29 cm (11.5 in)
  • Weight: 68 g (2.4 oz)
  • Size: Size 3. Medium (9 - 16 in)
  • Color: Brown, Gray, Buff
  • Underparts: White to buff with heavy black streaking.
  • Upperparts: Gray-brown
  • Back Pattern: Solid
  • Belly Pattern: Striped or streaked
  • Breast Pattern: Striped or streaked
Long-billed Thrasher Breeding Male Flight Illustration

Flight

  • Flight Pattern: Swift flight on rapidly beating wings alternating with brief periods of wings pulled to sides.
  • Wingspan Range: 32-34 cm (12.5-13.5 in)
  • Wing Shape: Pointed-Wings
  • Tail Shape: Fan-shaped Tail
  • Tail Pattern: Solid
  • Upper Tail: Dark gray-brown
  • Under Tail: White
  • Leg Color: Brown
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Family Mockingbirds and Thrashers (Mimidae)_blue
Species Toxostoma longirostre
Length11.5 Inches
Wingspan13 Inches

Long-billed Thrasher

Long-billed Thrasher: Medium, shy thrasher with gray-washed brown upperparts and heavily streaked, pale underparts. Eyes are orange. Bill is long, black, and decurved. Wings have two white bars. Tail is long and rufous. Legs and feet are brown. Eats insects, small amphibians and fruit.

● Song: "tsuck", "kleak", "cheeooep"

● Foraging & Feeding: Long-billed Thrasher: Eats insects, small amphibians, and fruits; forages on the ground and low in trees and shrubs.

● Breeding & nesting: Long-billed Thrasher: Two to five blue green to pale green eggs speckled with red brown are laid in a cup nest made of prickly sticks, lined with straw and grass, and built 4 to10 feet above the ground in a shrub or small tree. Incubation ranges from 13 to 14 days and is carried out by both parents.

● Similar species: Long-billed Thrasher: Brown Thrasher has a shorter and less down-curved bill and browner upperparts.

Flight Pattern

Swift flight on rapidly beating wings alternating with brief periods of wings pulled to sides.
Long-billed Thrasher Breeding Male Body Illustration
● Range & Habitat: Long-billed Thrasher: Resident in south-central Texas and northeastern Mexico. Found in dense tangles and thickets in both open country and wooded areas.
BreedingMonogamous, Solitary nester
PopulationDeclining
MigrationNonmigratory
Weight2.4 Ounces