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title: "Long-billed Thrasher"
description: "Toxostoma longirostre — Birds. The long-billed thrasher (Toxostoma longirostre) is a medium-sized resident songbird of South Texas and eastern Mexico."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/long-billed-thrasher
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Long-billed Thrasher

> Toxostoma longirostre — Birds. The long-billed thrasher (Toxostoma longirostre) is a medium-sized resident songbird of South Texas and eastern Mexico.

- Scientific name: *Toxostoma longirostre*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 5284
- Wikidata: [Q1303416](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1303416)
- iNaturalist taxon: [14895](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/14895)

## Names

- en: Long-billed Thrasher
- de: Langschnabelspottdrossel
- es: Cuicacoche pico largo
- fr: Moqueur à long bec
- pt: Sabiá-de-bico-longo
- pl: Przedrzeźniacz długodzioby

## Countries with the most observations

US (4114), MX (730)

## Summary

The long-billed thrasher (Toxostoma longirostre) is a medium-sized resident songbird of South Texas and eastern Mexico.  It bears a strong resemblance to its close relative the brown thrasher in appearance, calls, and various other behaviors; however, the two species do not overlap in range except in the winter when the brown thrasher will temporarily reside in the northern range of the long-billed.
The bird is a large sized mimid that is not especially wary, but it will take precautionary measures to prevent itself from being potential prey. Like other thrashers, it is named after its sweeping methods when searching…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-billed_thrasher

## Photo

![Long-billed Thrasher](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/long-billed-thrasher/medium.jpg)

Photo: Evelyn Lazzaretti 🏳️‍⚧️ · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/187388225

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/long-billed-thrasher?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).