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Taxonomic source(s)
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A., Fishpool, L.D.C., Boesman, P. and Kirwan, G.M. 2016. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 2: Passerines. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
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Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2018	Least Concern
2016	Least Concern
2012	Least Concern
2009	Least Concern
2008	Least Concern
2004	Least Concern
2000	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1994	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1988	Lower Risk/Least Concern

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	does not normally occur in forest
Land-mass type		Average mass	62 g

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	666,000 km2	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	79000 mature individuals	poor	estimated	2016
Population trend	stable	-	estimated	-
Generation length	4.2 years	-	-	-

Population justification: Rosenberg et al. (2016) estimate the global population size to be 79,000 mature individuals.

Trend justification: Long-term trend data (1966-2017) from the Christmas Bird Count suggests an annual decline of 0.11% (2.42% decrease to 2.89% increase). This would equate to a reduction of 1.32% (26.54% reduction to 43.12% increase) over three generations (c.12.5 years) (T. Meehan in litt. 2018). Conversely, recent trends (2005-2015) from the North American Breeding Bird survey suggest a non-significant annual increase of 0.55% (5.97% decrease to 10.12% increase) (Sauer et al. 2017). Partners in Flight (Rosenberg et al. 2016) do estimate that the species could have a relatively short future half-life, but given the trend data from the Christmas Bird Count, and recent trends from Sauer et al. (2017), the population is tentatively considered to be stable.

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Mexico	extant	native		yes
USA	extant	native		yes

Country/Territory	IBA Name

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	major	resident
Altitude	0 - 1150 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Purpose	Scale
Pets/display animals, horticulture	international

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: LeConte's Thrasher Toxostoma lecontei. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/lecontes-thrasher-toxostoma-lecontei on 27/12/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 27/12/2024.