LeConte's thrasher
Toxostoma lecontei

Size: 11 inches
Overall Color: pale gray
Occurrence: valleys
Diet: insects, spiders, small animals
Nest: cup
Field Identification: long down-curved bill, gray belly, dark eye, runs with tail cocked
Season: year-round

Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
Phylum: Chordata (hollow nerve cord)
Subphylum: Vertebrata (backbone)
Class: Aves (Birds)
Order: Passeriformes
Family: 70 Mimidae (mimids)
Genus: Toxostoma
Species: lecontei