Crissal Thrasher

  • Scientific Name: Toxostoma Crissale
  • Common Name: Crissal Thrasher
  • Diet: insects, spiders, lizards, fruits, berries
  • Color: dark brown
  • Size: 11.5 inches
  • Active Period: Year-round
  • Habitat: washes
  • Field Identification: very long downcurved bill, pale yellow eye, white line extending back from base of bill, runs with tail elevated
  • Nest: stick cup in bush
  • Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
  • Genus: Toxostoma
  • Family: Mimidae (mimids)
  • Order: Passeriformes
  • Phylum: Chordata (hollow nerve cord)
  • Subphylum: Vertebrata (backbone)
  • Species: crissale