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Bendire's Thrasher (Toxostoma bendirei)

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Bendire’s Thrasher (Toxostoma bendirei), Cochise County, Arizona.

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[737/10,977] Bendire's Thrasher - Toxostoma bendirei

Order: Passeriformes Suborder: Passeri Superfamily: Muscicapoidea Family: Mimidae

Photo credit: Hanna Zhao via Macaulay Library

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From American Bird Conservancy Bird of the Week; June 23, 2018:

Bendire's Thrasher

SCIENTIFIC NAME: Toxostoma bendirei POPULATION: 90,000 TREND: Decreasing HABITAT: Semi-open desert, dry grasslands and shrub; open woodland with scattered shrubs and trees

The subtly colored Bendire's Thrasher was not recognized as a species until 1872, when U.S. Army Lieutenant Charles Bendire collected a bird he didn't recognize during a desert hike. Bendire, an amateur naturalist, sent the specimen to Elliot Coues, an eminent ornithologist at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. Coues carefully studied the unfamiliar bird and classified it as a new species, naming it in honor of Bendire.

Bendire's Thrasher range map, NatureServe

The arid Sonoran Desert region is home to most Bendire's Thrashers. The species occupies year-round habitat in the extreme southwestern U.S. and Mexico, although some of the birds fly a short distance north to breed. Bendire's is often found in association with other southwestern "specialty" species such as Costa's Hummingbird, Elf Owl, and Lucy's Warbler.

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Bendire's Thrasher nest and eggs, Johnida Dockens

Read More about the Bendire’s Thrasher at abcbirds.org

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Bendire’s Thrasher, Toxostoma bendirei. July 8, 2017.

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Bendire’s Thrasher (Toxostoma bendirei), Cochise County, Arizona.

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Bendire’s Thrasher (Toxostoma bendirei), Cochise County, Arizona.

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Bendire’s Thrasher (Toxostoma bendirei), Cochise County, Arizona.

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