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Toxostoma longirostre

Photo by Fernando Cerra
Photographed at the Sabal Palm Sancuary in southern Texas.

[edit] Identification

Grey-washed brown upperparts and heavily streaked, pale underparts. Eyes are orange. Bill is long, black, and decurved. Wings have two white bars. Tail is long and rufous. Sexes are similar.

[edit] Distribution

Southern and western Texas and northeastern Mexico. Accidental vagrant to Colorado.

[edit] Taxonomy

Polytypic. Consists of two subspecies.

[edit] Habitat

Open country and wooded areas.

[edit] Behaviour

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