| Long-billed thrasher | |
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| at Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge, Texas | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Mimidae |
| Genus: | Toxostoma |
| Species: | T. longirostre
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| Binomial name | |
| Toxostoma longirostre (Lafresnaye, 1838)
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| Long-billed thrasher range | |
| Synonyms | |
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Orpheus longirostris | |
The long-billed thrasher (Toxostoma longirostre) is a medium-sized resident songbird of South Texas and eastern Mexico. It bears a strong resemblance to its close relative the brown thrasher in appearance, calls, and various other behaviors; however, the two species do not overlap in range except in the winter when the brown thrasher will temporarily reside in the northern range of the long-billed.[2]
The bird is a large sized mimid that is not especially wary, but it will take precautionary measures to prevent itself from being potential prey. Like other thrashers, it is named after its sweeping methods when searching for food, not for thrashing predators, although they are aggressive defenders of their territories.
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Toxostoma longirostre". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22711102A94277731. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22711102A94277731.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
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