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Curve-billed Thrasher
Toxostoma curvirostre
Curve-billed Thrasher (Toxostoma curvirostre) — Songbirds & Perching Birds of North America.
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The Curve-billed Thrasher (Toxostoma curvirostre) is a member of the Mimidae family found in Central America & Caribbean and North America. Adults weigh 80.5 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 curvirostre
Quick facts
- Weight
- 80.5 g
- Diet
- Invertebrate-eaters
- Family
- Mimidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Habitat
- Woodland
How to identify
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Vulnerable
Least Concern
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Biology & behaviour
Diet
The Curve-billed Thrasher is a invertivore — it feeds mainly on invertebrates such as insects and other small prey.
Behaviour
A bird of open scrub and shrubland, it forages mainly on the ground.
Migration
The Curve-billed Thrasher is largely sedentary, staying within its range year-round rather than making regular long-distance migrations.
The Curve-billed Thrasher (Toxostoma curvirostre) belongs to the Mimidae family of the order Passeriformes. It is found across Central America & Caribbean and North America. Its distribution covers NA, MA sw USA and Mexico.
It is a medium-sized bird. Adults weighs around 80.5 g, with a wing length of about 11.2 cm and a tail of around 10.9 cm.
The IUCN Red List currently assesses it as Least Concern. That category covers species that remain widespread and reasonably abundant in the wild.
Its mapped global range covers an estimated 2 million km².
Songs & calls
Frequently asked questions
How big is the Curve-billed Thrasher?
The Curve-billed Thrasher is a medium-sized bird that weighs around 80.5 g.
Where does the Curve-billed Thrasher live?
The Curve-billed Thrasher is found across Central America & Caribbean and North America with a range covering NA, MA sw USA and Mexico, where it is typically found in wooded and forested habitats.
What family does the Curve-billed Thrasher belong to?
The Curve-billed Thrasher (Toxostoma curvirostre) belongs to the Mimidae family, in the order Passeriformes.
What does the Curve-billed Thrasher eat?
The Curve-billed Thrasher is a invertivore — it feeds mainly on invertebrates such as insects and other small prey.
Does the Curve-billed Thrasher migrate?
The Curve-billed Thrasher is largely sedentary, staying within its range year-round rather than making regular long-distance migrations.
Is the Curve-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 Curve-billed Thrasher make?
1 real field recording of the Curve-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 Curve-billed Thrasher's range?
The Curve-billed Thrasher has a mapped global range of about 2 million km².
Conservation
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