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Curve-billed Thrasher (Toxostoma curvirostre)

Curve-billed Thrasher (Toxostoma curvirostre)

Curve-billed Thrasher (Toxostoma curvirostre)
Of the various thrashers in the southwestern deserts, the Curve-bill is the most familiar and most often see...
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Curve-billed Thrasher (Toxostoma curvirostre)
Of the various thrashers in the southwestern deserts, the Curve-bill is the most familiar and most often seen. It makes itself more conspicuous than the rest, dashing about in the open, calling a loud whit-wheet! from the tops of mesquites. This thrasher readily moves into suburbs and cities in the Southwest as long as some native vegetation is planted there -- especially cholla cactus, its top choice for nest sites. Their song is a musical series of unrepeated notes and phrases. The curve-billed thrasher sometimes mimics several other species, though not to the extent of other mimids. It has a variety of distinctive songs, and this extensive repertoire of melodies has led it to be known as cuitiacoache (songbird) in Mexico. We love love them most of all for their singing ability, many a time especially in mating season one can listen to a fifteen minute serenade of the male.
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