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title: "Wüstenspottdrossel"
description: "Toxostoma lecontei — Vögel. LeConte's thrasher (Toxostoma lecontei) is a pale bird found in the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/leconte-s-thrasher
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Wüstenspottdrossel

> Toxostoma lecontei — Vögel. LeConte's thrasher (Toxostoma lecontei) is a pale bird found in the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico.

- Scientific name: *Toxostoma lecontei*
- Category: `birds` (Vögel)
- Habitats: `desert` (Wüste)
- iNaturalist observations: 719
- Wikidata: [Q3181161](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3181161)
- iNaturalist taxon: [14892](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/14892)

## Names

- en: LeConte's Thrasher
- de: Wüstenspottdrossel
- es: Cuicacoche pálido
- fr: Moqueur de Le Conte
- pl: Przedrzeźniacz piaskowy

## Countries with the most observations

US (546), MX (97)

## Summary

LeConte's thrasher (Toxostoma lecontei) is a pale bird found in the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico. It prefers to live in deserts with very little vegetation, where it blends in with the sandy soils. LeConte's thrashers are nonmigratory birds that reside in the same territory annually. Although the species has been decreasing in certain areas of its range, in particular California, it still is abundant enough to not be considered for vulnerable status.
These birds are terrestrial and only fly occasionally. Both sexes are heavily involved in the nest building, incubating, and brooding process, though…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LeConte%27s_thrasher

## Photo

![Wüstenspottdrossel](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/leconte-s-thrasher/medium.jpg)

Photo: russnamitz · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/320781186

## Machine access

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