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Overview
Le Conte's Thrashers are large, long-tailed songbird that are pale sandy gray all over. They have a down-curved bill, dark tail and pale reddish undertail. Juveniles are similar to adults, but are slightly paler, with a paler undertail.
References cited in Species Profile
- Cornell Lab of Ornithology. 2015. Le Conte's Thrasher. All About Birds. http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Le_Contes_Thrasher/id
- Great Basin Bird Observatory. 2015. Le Conte's Thrasher. http://www.gbbo.org/pdf/bcp/66_Le%20Conte's%20Thrasher.pdf
- Sheppard, Jay M. 1996. Le Conte's Thrasher (Toxostoma lecontei), The Birds of North America Online (A. Poole, Ed.). Ithaca: Cornell Lab of Ornithology; Retrieved from the Birds of North America Online: http://bna.birds.cornell.edu/bna/species/230
Scientific Name
Toxostoma lecontei
Common Name
Le Conte's Thrasher
LeConte''s Thrasher
FWS Category
Birds