Photo: Bill Bouton from San Luis Obispo, CA, USA / CC BY-SA 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Long-billed Thrasher
Toxostoma longirostre
Long-billed Thrasher (Toxostoma longirostre) — Songbirds & Perching Birds of North America.
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The Long-billed Thrasher (Toxostoma longirostre) is a member of the Mimidae family found in Central America & Caribbean and North America. Adults weigh 67.6 g. The IUCN Red List lists it as Least Concern.
Conservation status
IUCN Red List (opens in a new tab)Widespread and abundant — not currently at risk.
Where it fits
- Class Aves
- Order Passeriformes
- Family Mimidae Mockingbirds, Thrashers
- Genus Toxostoma
- Species longirostre
Quick facts
- Weight
- 67.6 g
- Diet
- Invertebrate-eaters
- Family
- Mimidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Habitat
- Woodland
How to identify
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Biology & behaviour
Diet
The Long-billed Thrasher is a invertivore — it feeds mainly on invertebrates such as insects and other small prey.
Behaviour
A bird of semi-open scrub and shrubland, it forages mainly on the ground.
Migration
The Long-billed Thrasher is largely sedentary, staying within its range year-round rather than making regular long-distance migrations.
The Long-billed Thrasher (Toxostoma longirostre) is a member of the Mimidae family, within the order Passeriformes. It is found across Central America & Caribbean and North America. Its distribution covers NA, MA s Texas, e Mexico.
It is a medium-sized bird. Adults weighs around 67.6 g, with a wing length of about 9.9 cm and a tail of around 12.1 cm.
The IUCN Red List currently assesses it as Least Concern. That category covers species that remain widespread and reasonably abundant in the wild.
The species has a mapped global range of roughly 301,000 km².
Songs & calls
Frequently asked questions
How big is the Long-billed Thrasher?
The Long-billed Thrasher is a medium-sized bird that weighs around 67.6 g.
Where does the Long-billed Thrasher live?
The Long-billed Thrasher is found across Central America & Caribbean and North America with a range covering NA, MA s Texas, e Mexico, where it favours woodland, forest and well-treed country.
What family does the Long-billed Thrasher belong to?
The Long-billed Thrasher (Toxostoma longirostre) belongs to the Mimidae family, in the order Passeriformes.
What does the Long-billed Thrasher eat?
The Long-billed Thrasher is a invertivore — it feeds mainly on invertebrates such as insects and other small prey.
Does the Long-billed Thrasher migrate?
The Long-billed Thrasher is largely sedentary, staying within its range year-round rather than making regular long-distance migrations.
Is the Long-billed Thrasher endangered?
The IUCN Red List currently assesses it as Least Concern That category covers species that remain widespread and reasonably abundant in the wild.
What sound does the Long-billed Thrasher make?
1 real field recording of the Long-billed Thrasher — including its song — can be played in the Songs & calls section on this page, credited to the recordist who captured it.
How large is the Long-billed Thrasher's range?
The Long-billed Thrasher has a mapped global range of about 301,000 km².
Conservation
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