Pearly-eyed Thrasher (Margarops fuscatus)

Family
Mimidae (Mockingbirds And Thrashers)

Size
27 - 30 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Vieillot, 1808)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland dry shrubland. From sea-level - 900 m.

Range (Guide)

Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and The Grenadines, Turks and Caicos Islands, Venezuela, Virgin Islands (British) (B) (NB), Virgin Islands (U.S.) (B) (NB).

Vagrant to Jamaica.

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

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (30)...)

Pearly-eyed Thrasher (Margarops fuscatus) [XC34282]
by rene odeide from cidra, Puerto Rico (song)

Pearly-eyed Thrasher (Margarops fuscatus) [XC215551]
by Don Jones from The Bottom, Saba, Netherlands (alarm call, call, scold)

Subspecies
The following 4 subspecies are recognised:

fuscatus (Vieillot, 1808) - Bahamas (southern from Eleuthera I), Turks and Caicos Is, Beata I (off southern Hispaniola), Mona I, Puerto Rico, Virgin Is and northern Lesser Antilles (Antigua).
densirostris (Vieillot, 1818) - Lesser Antilles (Montserrat and Guadeloupe south to Martinique).
klinikowskii Garrido & Remsen, 1996 - St Lucia, in south-central Lesser Antilles.
bonairensis Phelps & Phelps Jr, 1948 - Bonaire I, in Netherlands Antilles.

References
See References.

Files:

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