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Long-billed thrasher

Toxostoma longirostre (Lafresnaye, 1838)

LCLeast Concernsongbirds

The long-billed thrasher (Toxostoma longirostre) is a species in the family Mimidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 67.6 g to 67.7 g and live up to 7.3 years. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Long-billed thrasher (Toxostoma longirostre)
Photo: Bill Bouton from San Luis Obispo, CA, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the long-billed thrasher

Weight
67.6 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
7.3 yearssrc for Lifespan
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Longest recorded lifespan
7.83 years
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
shrublandsrc for Habitat
Egg incubation
14 dayssrc for Egg incubation
Young per litter or clutch
3.85src for Young per litter or clutch
Litters or clutches a year
2src for Litters or clutches a year
Lifestyle
Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the long-billed thrasher live?

Not recorded

What is the long-billed thrasher?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

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 for food, not for thrashing predators, although they are aggressive defenders of their territories.

From the Wikipedia article “Long-billed thrasher” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Long-billed_thrasher&oldid=1380693992), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the long-billed thrasher endangered?

The long-billed thrasher is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the long-billed thrasher classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyMimidae
  6. genusToxostoma
  7. SpeciesToxostoma longirostre (Lafresnaye, 1838)

Synonyms Harporhynchus longirostris, Orpheus longirostre

Other names and names in other languages (30)
  • mim becut caragrísCatalan
  • drozdec dlouhozobýCzech
  • Langnæbbet RøddrosselDanish
  • LangschnabelspottdrosselGerman
  • Langschnabel-SpottdrosselGerman
  • longbeka mokbirdoEsperanto
  • Cuicacoche pico largoSpanish
  • Cuitlacoche pico largoSpanish
  • Cuitlacoche piquilargoSpanish
  • meksikonsirppimatkijaFinnish
  • Moqueur à long becFrench
  • sivolici raznopojacCroatian
  • Mimo beccolungoItalian
  • ハシナガツグミモドキJapanese
  • didžioji pašaipaLithuanian
  • garknābja žagasteLatvian
  • LangsnavelspotlijsterDutch
  • langnebbspottefuglNorwegian
  • przedrzeźniacz długodziobyPolish
  • debulhador-de-bico-longoPortuguese
  • debulhador-de-bico-compridoPortuguese
  • Длинноклювый пересмешникRussian
  • Рыжий кривоклювый пересмешникRussian
  • drozdec dlhozobýSlovak
  • Dugokljuni raznopojacSerbian
  • långnäbbad härmtrastSwedish
  • Uzun Gagalı ÇöpçüTurkish
  • тремблер рудийUkrainian
  • 長嘴矢嘲鶇Chinese
  • 长弯嘴嘲鸫Chinese

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Relatives of the long-billed thrasher

Other species in the same genus Toxostoma.

CompareLong-billed thrasher vs Brown thrasherLong-billed thrasher vs Curve-billed thrasherLong-billed thrasher vs Cozumel thrasherLong-billed thrasher vs Gray thrasher

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the long-billed thrasher?

An adult long-billed thrasher weighs 67.6 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the long-billed thrasher endangered?

The long-billed thrasher is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

How long does the long-billed thrasher live?

The long-billed thrasher has a recorded lifespan of 7.3 years.

What kind of animal is the long-billed thrasher?

The long-billed thrasher (Toxostoma longirostre) belongs to the family Mimidae in the order Passeriformes.

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Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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BibTeX
@misc{long_billed_thrasher_2026,
  title = {Long-billed thrasher (Toxostoma longirostre)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/long-billed-thrasher},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}