Ocellated Thrasher (Toxostoma ocellatum)

Family
Mimidae (Mockingbirds And Thrashers)

Size
25 - 26 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Sclater, 1862)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical high altitude shrubland. From 1,400 - 3,000 m.

Range (Guide)

Mexico.

South-central Mexico, from Guanajuato south to near Isthmus of Tehuantepec (Oaxaca).

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is 20,000 - 49,999 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (36)...)

Ocellated Thrasher (Toxostoma ocellatum) [XC455283]
by from San Juan Chicomez\u00fachil, San Juan Chicomez\u00fachil, Oaxaca, Mexico (song)

Ocellated Thrasher (Toxostoma ocellatum) [XC637634]
by Manuel Grosselet from San Pablo Etla, Oaxaca, Mexico (song)

Subspecies
Perhaps most closely related to, and forming a superspecies with, Curve-billed Thrasher (Toxostoma curvirostre). Both similarly close to the Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum) superspecies.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

ocellatum (Sclater, 1862) - Mexico.
villai Phillips, AR, 1986 - Oak-pine highlands of southern Mexico (Puebla to Oaxaca).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Ocellated Thrasher (Toxostoma ocellatum) - 10 files

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