Curve-billed Thrasher

Overview

Curve-billed Thrasher: Medium-sized thrasher (palmeri), with gray upperparts and spotted, pale gray underparts. Eyes are orange-red and bill is long and decurved. Tail is long and dark gray. Legs and feet are black. Feeds on insects, spiders, small reptiles, fruits, seeds and berries.

Range and Habitat

Curve-billed Thrasher: Resident from southwestern U.S. to southern Mexico. Preferred habitats include dense aggregations of cholla cactus, mesquite, or palo verde. Also uses dense growth in urban areas.

INTERESTING FACTS

The Curve-billed Thrasher that lives in the Sonoran Desert of Arizona and northwestern Mexico looks slightly different than the form that lives in the Chihuahuan Desert of Texas and central Mexico, and they may be separate species.