[Photo] Le Conte's Thrasher from Mexican Boundary Survey. Le Conte's Thrasher, Toxostoma lecontei, hand-colored lithograph. Source: Report on the United States and Mexican boundary survey, made under the direction of the secretary of the Interior by William H. Emory. (Volume on Birds, edited by Spencer Fullerton Baird.) Date 1857-1859. Author United States Department of the Interior
The Le Conte'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. The palest of all thrashers, it grows to 28 cm (11 inches).
Le Conte's Thrasher is named for American entomologist John Lawrence LeConte.
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