Mockingbirds and Thrashers (Mimidae)
Grey Thrasher (Toxostoma cinereum) - HBW 10, p. 492
French: Moqueur gris
German: Grauspottdrossel
Spanish: Cuitlacoche Ceniciento
Other common names: San Lucas Thrasher (cinereum)
Taxonomy: Harporhynchus cinereus Xántus de Vesey, 1860, Cape San Lucas, Baja California, Mexico.
Thought most closely related to, and forming a superspecies with, T. bendirei. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- mearnsi (Anthony, 1895) - NW & C Baja California (S from c. 31° N and, in E, from 28·5° N), in NW Mexico.
- cinereum (Xántus de Vesey, 1860) - C & S Baja California, including islands off SE coast (San José, Cerralvo).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Close view of the head and the yellow eye of a netted individual. Not the best picture, but they were none at IBC.
Locality El Cien, Baja California Sur State, Mexico (Northern) (ssp cinereum)
Hernán Vázquez Miranda 10 July 2009 46 weeks ago 3.4
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