Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum)

Family
Mimidae (Mockingbirds And Thrashers)

Size
25 - 29 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Linnaeus, 1758)

Habitat
Hedgerows, borders, scrubby woodlands, thickets.

Range (Guide)

Bahamas, Bermuda, Canada (B), Cuba, Mexico, Netherlands Antilles, Turks and Caicos Islands, USA (B).

Vagrant to Aruba, Germany, St Pierre and Miquelon (P), United Kingdom.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is 7,300,000 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (46)...)

Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum) [XC827181]
by Manuel Oudard from Tawas Point State Park (near East Tawas), Iosco County, Michigan, United States (song)

Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum) [XC802379]
by David Tattersley from George Washington NF, Indian Grave Ridge, Area, Page County, Virginia, United States (song)

Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with Long-billed Thrasher (Toxostoma longirostre) and Cozumel Thrasher (Toxostoma guttatum), and all are sometimes considered conspecific.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

longicauda (Baird, SF, 1858) - Great Plains from southern Canada (south-eastern Alberta east to south-western Ontario) southern in USA to Colorado and Kansas.
rufum (Linnaeus, 1758) - South-eastern Canada (south-eastern Ontario east to Nova Scotia) and central and eastern USA (south to eastern Texas and Gulf coast).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum) - 10 files

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