Utah Bird Profile
 Crissal Thrasher - Toxostoma crissale

Name Roots: (Gr. toxon, "a bow"; stoma, "a mouth" - ML. crissale, "of the crissum" [undertail coverts] )
In Utah:  
Nesting,
feeding,
characteristic behaviors:		 Nests in a shrub at a height of 3-8 feet, in a cup nest. This species rejects cowbird eggs. This species is an omnivore: ground and lower-canopy forager.
  
Habitat: Breeds in Utah in low desert scrub and lowland riparian habitats.
  

by Kendall Brown

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