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Toxostoma

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Kingdom
  
Scientific name
  
Toxostoma

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Passerine

Family
  
Higher classification
  
Mimid

Rank
  
Genus

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Lower classifications
  
Brown thrasher, Curve‑billed thrasher, California thrasher, Crissal thrasher, Long‑billed thrasher

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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:

  • Ocellated thrasher (Toxostoma ocellatum)
  • Brown thrasher (Toxostoma rufum)
  • Cozumel thrasher (Toxostoma guttatum)
  • Bendire's thrasher (Toxostoma bendirei)
  • Curve-billed thrasher (Toxostoma curvirostre)
  • Le Conte's thrasher (Toxostoma lecontei)
  • Crissal thrasher (Toxostoma crissale)
  • California thrasher (Toxostoma redivivum)
  • Gray thrasher (Toxostoma cinereum)
  • Long-billed thrasher (Toxostoma longirostre)
  • Baby brown thrashers toxostoma rufum


    References

    Toxostoma Wikipedia