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Bendire's thrasher (''Toxostoma bendirei'') a perching bird native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, is a medium-sized species of thrasher. ==General information== Bendire's thrasher is long, with a long tail and a short bill. It is colored grayish-brown on its upperparts and has paler underparts with faint dark streaks. The eyes are bright yellow, and the tips of the tail are tipped with white. Because of its similar coloration to the curve-billed thrasher, the two birds are very easy to mistake for one another. The Bendire's thrasher's shorter beak is a distinguishing feature when comparing mature birds, but it is still easy to misidentify an adult Bendire's thrasher as a young curve-billed thrasher as its beak has not grown to its mature length. The Bendire's thrasher lives in the brush-filled deserts and valleys and drylands of the south-western United States, mainly along the southern border that Arizona and New Mexico shares with Mexico, (the Madrean sky islands, mountain range sky islands of the northern Mexican range: Sierra Madre Occidental). The Bendire's thrasher constructs a cup-shaped nest from twigs, lining the interior with grass stems and rootlets. It is usually placed in a cactus or an otherwise thorny desert shrub or tree. The female lays three or four eggs, which are pale green to blue in color, and speckled with brown and purple. Bendire's thrasher, like the majority of thrashers, feeds on small ground-dwelling insects. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bendire's thrasher」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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