| Toxostoma | |
|---|---|
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| Brown thrasher (Toxostoma rufum) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Mimidae |
| Genus: | Toxostoma Wagler, 1831 |
Toxostoma is a genus of bird in the family Mimidae. This genus contains most of the birds called thrashers, and accordingly members of this genus are sometimes referred to as the "typical thrashers".
The genus name Toxostoma comes from the Ancient Greek toxon, "bow" or "arch" and stoma, "mouth".[1]
The genus contains the following species:
- Ocellated thrasher (Toxostoma ocellatum)
- Brown thrasher (Toxostoma rufum)
- Cozumel thrasher (Toxostoma guttatum)
- Bendire's thrasher (Toxostoma bendirei)
- Curve-billed thrasher (Toxostoma curvirostre)
- LeConte's thrasher (Toxostoma lecontei)
- Crissal thrasher (Toxostoma crissale)
- California thrasher (Toxostoma redivivum)
- Grey thrasher (Toxostoma cinereum)
- Long-billed thrasher (Toxostoma longirostre)
References
- ^ Jobling, James A (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 389. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.