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Mockingbirds and Thrashers12 Bird Species
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Bahama MockingbirdA thrasher-like Caribbean mockingbird, rare to Southern Florida. Adult is similar to Sage Thrasher and Northern Mockingbird, but note clean gray underparts without buffy tones and limited dark streaking on flanks. Upperparts are sandy-brown with two narrow white wing bars, tail is relatively long and more... Length: 28 cm Wingspan: 37 cm |
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Bendire's ThrasherThis desert thrasher can be confused with the larger and more common Curve-billed Thrasher. Like most thrashers, Bendire's is long-tailed and short-winged. The upperparts are a uniform buffy gray-brown. The tail is slightly darker with small pale tips on the outer tail feathers. Compared to most othe more... Length: 23 cm Wingspan: 33 cm |
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Blue MockingbirdNearly unmistakable. This large, long-tailed, thrasher-like bird is almost entirely dark slate-blue, with lighter blue streaks on crown, throat, and breast. A black mask extends from the base of the bill through the eye and onto the auriculars. Eye is red. Gray legs and slender, slightly decurved dar more... Length: 25 cm Wingspan: 36 cm |
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Brown ThrasherThis is the only species of thrasher expected east of the Great Plains. Upperparts are bright rufous overall, except for the grayish face. The tail is very long, and the wing coverts create two white wing bars. The bill is heavy and only slightly decurved. Eye color ranges from yellow to yellow-orang more... Length: 24 cm Wingspan: 32 cm |
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California ThrasherAdult has relatively long, decurved bill, dark eye, dark eyeline and malar, sandy-brown upperparts, long tail, and clean, buffy-tinged underparts with orangish undertail coverts. In flight, note small buffy tail corners. Crissal Thrasher has yellow eye and lacks orange tones underneath. Le Conte's Th more... Length: 31 cm Wingspan: 32 cm |
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Crissal ThrasherAdult has relatively long, decurved bill, yellow eye, gray face with black-and-white malar streak, sandy-brown wings and body, long tail, and reddish undertail coverts. In flight, note small buffy tail corners. California Thrasher has dark eye and orange tones underneath. Le Conte's Thrasher is very more... Length: 29 cm Wingspan: 32 cm |
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Curve-billed ThrasherThis larger than robin-sized bird is medium earthy gray-brown above and generally paler below with buffy-orangish undertail coverts. It has a long broad tail that is slightly fanned in flight and a long down-curved bill. There are two recognizable populations. Western birds (Arizona and west Mexico) more... Length: 28 cm Wingspan: 34 cm |
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Gray CatbirdPlain charcoal-gray to medium gray overall with rusty undertail coverts, relatively long dark tail, black cap, and slender black bill. Sexes are similar. If seen well, this bird is unlikely to be mistaken for another species. more... Length: 21 cm Wingspan: 28 cm |
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Le Conte's ThrasherThis thrasher is a desert specialist, occupying dry barren habitats. Very pale gray overall, buffy undertail coverts, long tail that is pale gray at the base and gradually becomes darker towards the dark charcoal gray tip. Corners of the tail are pale gray. Facial markings include a whitish thoat, da more... Length: 24 cm Wingspan: 30 cm |
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Long-billed ThrasherResident of South Texas. Adult is like Brown Thrasher but lacks rufous tones, has dark brown back and wings, long brown tail, two narrow white wingbars, heavy black streaks on underparts, gray face, brown crown, yellow eye, and relatively long, slightly downcurved black bill. more... Length: 29 cm Wingspan: 31 cm |
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Northern MockingbirdFamiliar and conspicuous throughout Southern and Eastern North America. Adult is gray overall with whitish underparts, gray upperparts, blackish wings and tail, two narrow white wing bars, relatively long tail, white undertail coverts, thin black eye line, and slender black bill. Adult eye color rang more... Length: 25 cm Wingspan: 36 cm |
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Sage ThrasherAdult has buffy-white underparts with crisp dusky-brown streaks, sandy-gray upperparts with two narrow white wing bars, long dark tail with white corners, yellow eye, gray face, diffuse pale supercilium, white throat, and relatively short, slender black bill. Immatures are a darker earthy brown above more... Length: 22 cm Wingspan: 30 cm |
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Bahama Mockingbird
3 Photographs -
Bendire's Thrasher
2 Photographs -
Blue Mockingbird
1 Photograph -
Brown Thrasher
4 Photographs -
California Thrasher
7 Photographs -
Crissal Thrasher
2 Photographs -
Curve-billed Thrasher
10 Photographs -
Gray Catbird
6 Photographs -
Le Conte's Thrasher
2 Photographs -
Long-billed Thrasher
0 Photographs -
Northern Mockingbird
21 Photographs -
Sage Thrasher
8 Photographs
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Non-vegetated Areas |
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Le Conte's ThrasherToxostoma lecontei |
Sandy Areas or Dunes, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains |
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Salt Water0 species |
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Human-altered Areas |
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Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum |
Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands, Chapparal, Eastern Deciduous Forest, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia, Thickets |
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California ThrasherToxostoma redivivum |
Suburban/residential Landscapes, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Chapparal |
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Curve-billed ThrasherToxostoma curvirostre |
Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Thickets |
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Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensis |
Suburban/residential Landscapes, Clearcuts, Eastern Deciduous Forest, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia, Thickets |
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Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos |
Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Chapparal |
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Fresh Water0 species |
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Grassland and Scrubland |
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Bahama MockingbirdMimus gundlachii |
Clearcuts, Thickets |
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Bendire's ThrasherToxostoma bendirei |
Deserts and Sagebrush Plains |
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Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum |
Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands, Chapparal, Eastern Deciduous Forest, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia, Thickets |
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California ThrasherToxostoma redivivum |
Suburban/residential Landscapes, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Chapparal |
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Crissal ThrasherToxostoma crissale |
Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Shrubby Slopes, Chapparal, Dry Western Woodlands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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Curve-billed ThrasherToxostoma curvirostre |
Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Thickets |
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Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensis |
Suburban/residential Landscapes, Clearcuts, Eastern Deciduous Forest, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia, Thickets |
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Le Conte's ThrasherToxostoma lecontei |
Sandy Areas or Dunes, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains |
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Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos |
Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Chapparal |
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Sage ThrasherOreoscoptes montanus |
Deserts and Sagebrush Plains |
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Forest and Woodlands |
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Bahama MockingbirdMimus gundlachii |
Clearcuts, Thickets |
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Blue MockingbirdMelanotis caerulescens |
Thickets |
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Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum |
Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands, Chapparal, Eastern Deciduous Forest, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia, Thickets |
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Crissal ThrasherToxostoma crissale |
Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Shrubby Slopes, Chapparal, Dry Western Woodlands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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Curve-billed ThrasherToxostoma curvirostre |
Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Thickets |
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Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensis |
Suburban/residential Landscapes, Clearcuts, Eastern Deciduous Forest, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia, Thickets |
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Long-billed ThrasherToxostoma longirostre |
Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia, Thickets |