Mockingbirds and Thrashers (Mimidae)
Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum) - HBW 10, p. 491
French: Moqueur roux
German: Rote Spottdrossel
Spanish: Cuitlacoche Rojizo
Taxonomy: Turdus [] rufus Linnaeus, 1758, South Carolina, USA.
Forms a superspecies with T. longirostre and T. guttatum, and the three sometimes considered conspecific. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- longicauda (S. F. Baird, 1858) - Great Plains from S Canada (SE Alberta E to SW Ontario) S in USA to Colorado and Kansas.
- rufum (Linnaeus, 1758) - SE Canada (SE Ontario E to Nova Scotia) and C & E USA (S to E Texas and Gulf coast).
- Least Concern
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An adult feeding at a feeder Atlanta, Georgia, USA (ssp rufum)
Alan Larson 31 May 2005 5 years ago 19 sec 4.8 -
A bird singing in a bush Mount Airy, Maryland, USA (ssp rufum)
Robert Schaefer 13 April 2007 2 years ago 30 sec 4.5 -
Bird feeding on picnic leftovers Tillebrook Provincial Park, Brooks, Alberta, Canada
Christina Havard 16 May 2010 14 weeks ago 38 sec 4.3 -
A yellow-eyed adult and a dark-eyed juvenile, together Mount Airy, Maryland, USA (ssp rufum)
Robert Schaefer 24 June 2001 2 years ago 24 sec 3.6 -
A bird singing in a tree, seen from below Mount Airy, Maryland, USA (ssp rufum)
Robert Schaefer 30 April 2002 2 years ago 20 sec 2.1
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Brown Thrasher on lawn Central Park, New York City, New York, USA (Monotypic species)
Bill Benish 6 March 2009 1 year ago 3.8 -
Female - perched in a flowering apple tree Pambrun, Saskatchewan, Canada
Blair Wainman 7 June 2010 11 weeks ago 3.7 -
bird in a hedge Florida, USA
killiajk 22 March 2009 1 year ago 3.3 -
Brown Thrasher looking for seeds. Louisiana, USA
Triton2009 1 May 2009 1 year ago 3.2 -
Male - foraging in the grass Saskatchewan, Canada
Blair Wainman 9 September 2009 36 weeks ago 3 -
A bird perching on a branch Florida, USA
Tadeusz Stawarczyk 15 May 2008 1 year ago 3
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Song of a male Forsyth County, Georgia, USA
Stuart Fisher 23 June 2010 12 weeks ago 4 -
Alarm calls of a pair at the presence of a cat Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Stuart Fisher 4 June 2009 1 year ago 4
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