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 Enlarge map
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A bird singing in a bush Locality Mount Airy, Maryland, USA (United States) (ssp rufum)
Robert Schaefer 13 April 2007 3 years ago 30 sec 4.8 -
An adult feeding at a feeder Locality Atlanta, Georgia, USA (United States) (ssp rufum)
Alan Larson 31 May 2005 6 years ago 19 sec 4.2 -
Bird feeding on picnic leftovers Locality Tillebrook Provincial Park, Brooks, Alberta, Canada
Christina Havard 16 May 2010 1 year ago 38 sec 4 -
A yellow-eyed adult and a dark-eyed juvenile, together Locality Mount Airy, Maryland, USA (United States) (ssp rufum)
Robert Schaefer 24 June 2001 4 years ago 24 sec 3.6 -
A bird singing in a tree, seen from below Locality Mount Airy, Maryland, USA (United States) (ssp rufum)
Robert Schaefer 30 April 2002 4 years ago 20 sec 2.1
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Male - foraging in the grass
Locality Pambrun, Saskatchewan, Canada
Blair Wainman 9 September 2009 2 years ago 4 -
Brown Thrasher on lawn
Locality Central Park, New York City, New York, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
Bill Benish 6 March 2009 2 years ago 3.8 -
Female - perched in a flowering apple tree
Locality Pambrun, Saskatchewan, Canada
Blair Wainman 7 June 2010 1 year ago 3.7 -
Bird in a thicket
Locality Carden Alvar, Kirkfield, Ontario, Canada (ssp rufum)
Jim Watt 5 June 2010 1 year ago 3.5 -
Skulking in the tangles, Shell Park, Oakville
Locality Ontario, Canada
Miriam Bauman 3 May 2009 1 year ago 3.5 -
bird in a hedge
Locality Florida, USA (United States)
killiajk 22 March 2009 2 years ago 3.3
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Song of a male Locality Forsyth County, Georgia, USA (United States)
Stuart Fisher 23 June 2010 1 year ago 4 -
Alarm calls of a pair at the presence of a cat Locality Atlanta, Georgia, USA (United States)
Stuart Fisher 4 June 2009 2 years ago 4
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