Toxostoma
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Toxostoma is a genus of bird
in the Mimidae family. All members of this genus are called thrasher
s but there are other birds in the Mimidae family also bearing this title. Birds in the Toxostoma genus are considered "typical thrashers", and this genus makes up the largest group of thrashers, all but a few other species occurring each in their own genus.
The genus contains the following species:
Bird
Birds are feathered, winged, bipedal, endothermic , egg-laying, vertebrate animals. Around 10,000 living species and 188 families makes them the most speciose class of tetrapod vertebrates. They inhabit ecosystems across the globe, from the Arctic to the Antarctic. Extant birds range in size from...
in the Mimidae family. All members of this genus are called thrasher
Thrasher
Thrashers are a New World group of passerine birds related to mockingbirds and New World catbirds. Like these, they are in the Mimidae family. There are 15 species in one large and 4 monotypic genera.These do not form a clade but are a phenetic assemblage...
s but there are other birds in the Mimidae family also bearing this title. Birds in the Toxostoma genus are considered "typical thrashers", and this genus makes up the largest group of thrashers, all but a few other species occurring each in their own genus.
The genus contains the following species:
- Ocellated ThrasherOcellated ThrasherThe Ocellated Thrasher is a species of bird in the Mimidae family. It is endemic to the highlands of south-central Mexico. Its natural habitats are dry scrubland and open oak and pine woodland between 1500 and 3000 m above sea-level.It is about 30 cm long. Its upperparts are brown while...
(Toxostoma ocellatum) - Brown ThrasherBrown ThrasherThe Brown Thrasher , sometimes erroneously called the Brown Thrush, is a bird in the Mimidae family, a group that also includes the New World catbirds and mockingbirds.-Description:...
(Toxostoma rufum) - Cozumel ThrasherCozumel ThrasherThe Cozumel Thrasher, Toxostoma guttatum, is a bird from the mockingbird family , which is endemic to the island of Cozumel off the Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico...
(Toxostoma guttatum) - Bendire's ThrasherBendire's ThrasherBendire's Thrasher a perching bird native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, is a medium-sized species of thrasher.-General information:...
(Toxostoma bendirei) - Curve-billed ThrasherCurve-billed ThrasherThe Curve-billed Thrasher is a perching bird of the thrasher group native to the southwestern United States and much of Mexico....
(Toxostoma curvirostre) - Le Conte's ThrasherLe Conte's ThrasherThe Le Conte's Thrasher is a pale bird found in the Southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico. It prefers to live in deserts with very little vegetation, where it blends in with the sandy soils...
(Toxostoma lecontei) - Crissal ThrasherCrissal ThrasherThe Crissal Thrasher is a large thrasher found in the Southwestern United States to central Mexico....
(Toxostoma crissale) - California ThrasherCalifornia ThrasherThe California Thrasher is a large thrasher found primarily in chaparral habitat in California and Baja California. Similar to the Crissal and Le Conte's Thrashers in habit, the California Thrasher is the only species of Toxostoma throughout most of its limited range...
(Toxostoma redivivum) - Gray ThrasherGray ThrasherThe Gray Thrasher is a medium-sized passerine bird belonging to the family Mimidae like the other thrashers. It is endemic to the Baja California peninsula in Mexico where it occurs from the tip of the peninsula north to 31°N on the west coast and 29°N on the east coast. It inhabits desert...
(Toxostoma cinereum) - Long-billed ThrasherLong-billed ThrasherThe Long-billed Thrasher is a medium-sized resident songbird of South Texas and eastern Mexico.It is slender and long-tailed, averaging 26.5–29 cm in length and about 70 g in weight...
(Toxostoma longirostre)