CurveBilled Thrasher National Geographic
Curve-Billed Thrasher Scientific Name: Toxostoma curvirostre Type: Birds Size: Length: 11 inches IUCN Red List Status: ? Least concern LC NT VU EN CR EW EX Least Concern Extinct Current.
Curve Billed Thrasher in Palo Verde Tree Photograph by Jackie Follett
Curve-billed thrasher In lowlands of the Southwest, from Arizona to Texas, one of the most familiar bird voices sings a loud whit-wheet! —the call of the curve-billed thrasher. A pale gray-brown bird without strong markings, it's best known by its stout, curved black bill and its staring orange eyes.
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Strong legs and a long, decurved bill give Curve-billed Thrashers the perfect tools for hunting insects in the punishing deserts, canyons, and brushlands that are its home. That long bill also keeps long-legged insect prey at a safe distance and comes in handy for foraging and nesting among spiny plants, especially cacti.
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The Curve-billed Thrasher's bill is long and strong to help it probe the soil for food.Despite having strong legs, it does not scratch the ground like a towhee. Curve-billed Thrasher pairs maintain permanent territories. Curve-billed Thrashers nest relatively early in the year, mostly from February through May, probably to beat the hot, dry summer weather of the southwestern U.S.
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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.
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Curve-billed Thrasher Toxostoma curvirostre Length: 11 in. (28 cm ) A common garden bird in desert cities and suburbs, this thrasher also inhabits remote and dry desert areas. It tosses leaves and dry vegetation on the ground far to the side with its long, sickle-shaped bill and uncovers the spiders, snails, insects it likes to eat.
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Distribution and contact zone: Range of two populations of Curve-billed Thrasher. Sonoran population shown in red, Chihuahuan in blue, and area of intergradation in green. Red markers show vagrant records of Sonoran. Records north and east of mapped range (not shown; to Manitoba, Minnesota, Wisconsin, etc.) may be all Chihuahuan.
Curvebilled Thrasher Tucson, Arizona. Photos by Ron Niebrugge
Curve-billed Thrasher: English (United States) Curve-billed Thrasher: French: Moqueur à bec courbe: French (France) Moqueur à bec courbe: German: Krummschnabel-Spottdrossel: Icelandic: Bogþrasi: Japanese:
Curvebilled Thrasher Songs and Calls Larkwire
The Curve-billed Thrasher is a common resident of semi-open areas dominated by thorny shrubs, mesquite, cactus and yucca. Densities of 90 birds per 100 ha (247 acres) and 76 nests in 99 ha have been recorded in southern Texas (Fischer 1980, 1981). Curve-bills adapt well to humans and often forage in gardens, visit feeders, and nest near rural.
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Curve-billed Thrasher - eBird Long-tailed with decurved bill and fairly faint round spots on breast and belly. Grayish-brown overall with paler throat and orangey undertail. Eye color varies from yellow to orange. Lurks around cactus and desert shrubs. Most common thrasher in suburban yards and parks in the southwest U.S. and Mexico.
Curvebilled Thrasher Photograph by Jeff Goulden
Strong legs and a long, decurved bill give Curve-billed Thrashers the perfect tools for hunting insects in the punishing deserts, canyons, and brushlands that are its home. That long bill also keeps long-legged insect prey at a safe distance and comes in handy for foraging and nesting among spiny plants, especially cacti.
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The Curve-billed Thrasher habitat is in the arid lands, where it survives among the sparse vegetation and its hot temperatures. This mostly light-grey coloured bird can easily be overlooked and not seen. It is remarkable to see this thrasher singing and perched on a cactus, impervious to its thorns and so well adapted to its environment.
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Curve-billed Thrasher Toxostoma curvirostre Of the various thrashers in the southwestern deserts, the Curve-bill is the most familiar and most often seen. It makes itself more conspicuous than the rest, dashing about in the open, calling a loud whit-wheet! from the tops of mesquites.
Curvebilled thrasher, Toxostoma curvirostre photo, Amado, Arizona
Strong legs and a long, decurved bill give Curve-billed Thrashers the perfect tools for hunting insects in the punishing deserts, canyons, and brushlands that are its home. That long bill also keeps long-legged insect prey at a safe distance and comes in handy for foraging and nesting among spiny plants, especially cacti.
Curvebilled Thrasher Passerine Bird Call
Strong legs and a long, decurved bill give Curve-billed Thrashers the perfect tools for hunting insects in the punishing deserts, canyons, and brushlands that are its home. That long bill also keeps long-legged insect prey at a safe distance and comes in handy for foraging and nesting among spiny plants, especially cacti.
Walking Arizona Curvebilled Thrasher
About the Curve-Billed Thrasher The Curve-billed Thrasher is native to the southwestern United States and New Mexico and is a part of the Mimidae family of birds, which includes other species such as mockingbirds and catbirds. Their menacing, black bill is used to search for insects and seeds, fruits, berries, and cactus flowers.