the thrasher was a species unknown to science and sought out Bendire for additional information on the bird. Bendire replied to Coues with his affirmation that he also believed that it was a new species. Lieutenant Bendire soon sent back a second specimen of the thrasher, a male, and details about its habits and eggs, all which were different from those of a curve-billed thrasher. Finally convinced, Coues named the new thrasher species Bendire's thrasher in the honor of Charles Bendire. Conservation The Bendire's thrasher is listed as Vulnerable due to range-wide declines primarily as a result of the conversion of habitat to farmland. References External links BirdLife - Bendire's Thrasher Bendire's Thrasher photo gallery CalPhotos Bendire's Thrasher photo gallery VIREO Photo-High Res; Article "Migratory Bird Center"-Smithsonian Bendire's thrasher Bendire's thrasher Endemic birds of Southwestern North America Fauna of the Sonoran Desert Fauna of the Mojave Desert Fauna of the Chihuahuan Desert Fauna of the Lower Colorado River Valley Birds of the Rio Grande valleys Birds of Mexico Native birds of the Southwestern United States Bendire's thrasher