NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Long-billed Thrasher
Toxostoma longirostre (Lafresnaye, 1838)
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
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.
Wikipedia contributors, Long-billed thrasher; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T07:44:08.979231+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Toxostoma longirostre (Lafresnaye, 1838)
- Name authority
- (Lafresnaye, 1838)
- Common name
- Long-billed Thrasher
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Mimidae
- Genus
- Toxostoma
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familyMimidae Bonaparte, 1853
- genusToxostoma Wagler, 1831
- speciesToxostoma longirostre (Lafresnaye, 1838)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Toxostoma. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Gray ThrasherToxostoma cinereum (J. Xántus, 1860) | MimidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cozumel ThrasherToxostoma guttatum (Ridgway, 1885) | MimidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| California ThrasherToxostoma redivivum (Gambel, 1845) | MimidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum (Linnaeus, 1758) | MimidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bendire's ThrasherToxostoma bendirei (Coues, 1873) | MimidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Crissal ThrasherToxostoma crissale Henry, 1858 | MimidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Curve-billed ThrasherToxostoma curvirostre (Swainson, 1827) | MimidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| LeConte's ThrasherToxostoma lecontei Lawrence, 1851 | MimidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ocellated ThrasherToxostoma ocellatum (P. L. Sclater, 1862) | MimidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Orpheus longirostre Lafresnaye, 1838 Lafresnaye, 1838 | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
North America
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=178630 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:57MNX. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.