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[[Image:Le_Conte_s_thrasher.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Chuck A. Walla in Lower Mojave Nevada about one mile north of Corn Creek station ]] | [[Image:Le_Conte_s_thrasher.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Chuck A. Walla in Lower Mojave Nevada about one mile north of Corn Creek station ]] | ||
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
− | 9.25 | + | L. 9.25 in |
+ | *Long, decurved bill | ||
+ | *Dark eye | ||
+ | *Pale throat | ||
+ | *Grey-brown plumage | ||
+ | *Belly and undertail coverts brown | ||
+ | *Long dark tail | ||
+ | *Dark legs | ||
+ | Sexes similar | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
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==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
+ | ====Breeding==== | ||
It builds a cup-like nest low to the ground in a dense shrub. Incubation lasts 14 to 20 days; young fledge 12 to 15 days after hatching. Double broods are common. | It builds a cup-like nest low to the ground in a dense shrub. Incubation lasts 14 to 20 days; young fledge 12 to 15 days after hatching. Double broods are common. | ||
− | + | ====Diet==== | |
− | + | Includes seeds, insects, and small vertebrates; it will also take small bird eggs. | |
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Toxostoma+lecontei}} | {{GSearch|Toxostoma+lecontei}} | ||
[[Category:Birds]] | [[Category:Birds]] |
Revision as of 15:48, 30 December 2007
- Toxostoma lecontei
Identification
L. 9.25 in
- Long, decurved bill
- Dark eye
- Pale throat
- Grey-brown plumage
- Belly and undertail coverts brown
- Long dark tail
- Dark legs
Sexes similar
Distribution
Southwestern United States.
Taxonomy
Habitat
Arid desert
Behaviour
Breeding
It builds a cup-like nest low to the ground in a dense shrub. Incubation lasts 14 to 20 days; young fledge 12 to 15 days after hatching. Double broods are common.
Diet
Includes seeds, insects, and small vertebrates; it will also take small bird eggs.