Le Conte's Thrasher (Toxostoma lecontei)

Family
Mimidae (Mockingbirds And Thrashers)

Size
28 cm

First Described (Guide)
Lawrence, 1851

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland dry shrubland. From sea-level - 1,150 m.

Range (Guide)

Mexico (B), USA (B).

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

Population
Estimated population is 190,000 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (51)...)

LeConte's Thrasher (Toxostoma lecontei) [XC141430]
by Paul Marvin from Clark's Dry Lake, Borrego Springs, San Diego County, California, United States (call)

LeConte's Thrasher (Toxostoma lecontei) [XC141432]
by Paul Marvin from Clark's Dry Lake, Borrego Springs, San Diego County, California, United States (song)

Subspecies
Closely related to California Thrasher (Toxostoma redivivum) and Crissal Thrasher (Toxostoma crissale), and possibly part of same superspecies. Has been suggested that subspecies arenicola is a separate species.

Proposed subspecies macmillanorum (San Joaquin Valley, in California) exhibits only minor plumage differences (e.g. crown darker, flanks lighter) from similarly sized nominate and considered better merged with latter.

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

lecontei Lawrence, 1851 - South-western USA (south-central and south-eastern California east to south-western Utah and south-central Arizona), south to north-western Mexico (north-eastern Baja California, north-western Sonora).
arenicola (Anthony, 1897) - Western coast of central Baja California.
macmillanorum Phillips, AR, 1966 - Inland central California (southern San Joaquin Valley).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Le Contes Thrasher (Toxostoma lecontei) - 10 files

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