Long-billed thrasher
Toxostoma longirostre
Identification Tips:
- Long, decurved bill
- Rufous crown, nape and upperparts
- Gray face
- Orange eye
- White underparts with heavy black streaking
- White wing bars
- Long rufous tail
- Yellow legs
- Sexes similar
- Only found in South Texas where it often forages on the ground
Similar species:
With its rufous upperparts and long tail the Brown Thrasher might be
confused with the local Long-billed Thrasher (South Texas) but it has a
shorter, less decurved bill and a browner face. Thrushes are similar but are
spotted below and have shorter tails.