Le Conte's thrasher Toxostoma lecontei

Identification Tips:

• Long, decurved bill
• Dark eye
• Pale throat
• Gray-brown plumage
• Belly and undertail coverts brown
• Long dark tail
• Dark legs
• Sexes similar
• Prefers arid habitats in southwestern United States

Similar species:

California and Crissal Thrashers are darker. Crissal has rustier undertail coverts and California has a paler supercilium and darker cheeks. Other thrashers have spotted underparts and pale eyes.