Curve-billed Thrasher

Toxostoma curvirostre

Order

PASSERIFORMES

Family

Mockingbirds and Thrashers (Mimidae)

Code 4

CBTH

Code 6

TOXCUR

ITIS

HEAD

Bill Shape: Curved (up or down)
Eye Color: Bright red or yellow next to pupil and with orange outer ring.
Head Pattern: Eyeline, Plain, Malar or malar stripe
Crown Color: Gray-brown
Forehead Color: Gray-brown
Nape Color: Gray-brown
Throat Color: White with gray wash.
Cere color: No Data

BODY

Length Range: 24-29 cm (9.5-11.5 in)
Weight: 79 g (2.8 oz)
Size: 3. Medium (9 - 16 in)
Color Primary: Gray
Underparts: Buff-gray
Upperparts: Gray-brown
Back Pattern: Solid
Belly Pattern: Spotted or speckled, Solid
Breast Pattern: Spotted or speckled

FLIGHT

Flight Pattern: Long flights are swift and direct on rapidly beating wings. Shorter flights are several rapid shallow wing beats followed by brief periods of wings at sides or short glide.
Wingspan Range: 36 cm (14 in)
Wing Shape: Pointed-Wings
Tail Shape: Rounded Tail
Tail Pattern: Solid with white to gray-buff edging.
Upper Tail: Gray-brown
Under Tail: Gray with white tip.
Leg Color: Black

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