#1341 · 🐦 birds

Curve-billed Thrasher

🇳🇱 Krombekspotlijster ·Toxostoma curvirostre

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 outside Europe

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Tony Morris · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Tony Morris · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Tony Morris · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Scott Loarie · CC0
5. © Barry Keith · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Jorge A. Pérez Torres · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Distrito Federal, MX:© ruben_rv · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Kingsville, TX 78363, USA:© michaelkalisek · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. New River, AZ, USA:© P Sаntori Jr · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. South Side, San Antonio, TX, USA:© caracaracole · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The curve-billed thrasher ( Toxostoma curvirostre ) is a medium-sized mimid that is a member of the genus Toxostoma , native to the southwestern United States and much of Mexico. Referred to as the default desert bird, it is a non-migratory species. Several subspecies have been classified since 1827, though there is no consensus on the number. Allopatric speciation is believed to have played a major role in the variations of the curve-billed. It shares striking similarities in appearance...

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 36,787iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
36,787 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by William Swainson in 1827 (199 years ago).