Scientific name Toxostoma Phylum Chordata Order Passerine | Higher classification Mimid Rank Genus | |
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Toxostoma redivivum california thrasher drinking
Toxostoma is a genus of bird in the Mimidae family. All members of this genus are called thrashers but there are other birds in the Mimidae family also bearing this title. Birds in the Toxostoma genus are considered "typical thrashers", and this genus makes up the largest group of thrashers, all but a few other species occurring each in their own genus.
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The genus name Toxostoma comes from the Ancient Greek toxon, "bow" or "arch" and stoma, "mouth".
The genus contains the following species:
Baby brown thrashers toxostoma rufum
References
Toxostoma Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA