Thrashers are related to mockingbirds and have the same down-curved beak. They are in the same family as mockingbirds -Mimidae. The four genera and the species of thrashers are as follows:

Genus Oreoscoptes
Sage Thrasher, Oreoscoptes montanus
Genus Toxostoma – typical thrashers
Brown Thrasher, Toxostoma rufum
Long-billed Thrasher, Toxostoma longirostre
Cozumel Thrasher, Toxostoma guttatum – possibly extinct (2006?)
Gray Thrasher, Toxostoma cinereum
Bendire's Thrasher, Toxostoma bendirei
Ocellated Thrasher, Toxostoma ocellatum
Curve-billed Thrasher, Toxostoma curvirostre
California Thrasher, Toxostoma redivivum
Crissal Thrasher, Toxostoma crissale
Le Conte's Thrasher, Toxostoma lecontei
Genus Ramphocinclus
White-breasted Thrasher, Ramphocinclus brachyurus
Genus Allenia
Scaly-breasted Thrasher, Allenia fusca
Genus Margarops
Pearly-eyed Thrasher, Margarops fuscatus


Photos are shown for the species highlighted in red.