Bendire’s Thrasher

• Scientific Name: Toxostoma Bendirei
• Common Name: Bendire's Thrasher
• Diet: insects
• Color: brown
• Size: 10 inches
• Active Period: Year-round
• Habitat: valleys
• Field Identification: pale yellow eye, small spots on upper breast
• Nest: cup
• Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
• Genus: Toxostoma
• Family: Mimidae (mimids)
• Order: Passeriformes
• Phylum: Chordata (hollow nerve cord)
• Subphylum: Vertebrata (backbone)
• Species: bendirei