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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Male - foraging in the grass Locality Pambrun, Saskatchewan, Canada (ssp longicauda)
Blair Wainman 9 September 2009 3 years ago 4.3
Bird in a thicket Locality Carden Alvar, Kirkfield, Ontario, Canada (ssp rufum)
Jim Watt 5 June 2010 2 years ago 3.8
Female - perched in a flowering apple tree Locality Pambrun, Saskatchewan, Canada
Blair Wainman 7 June 2010 2 years ago 3.7
Brown Thrasher on lawn Locality Central Park, New York City, New York, USA (United States) (ssp rufum)
Bill Benish 6 March 2009 4 years ago 3.6
Foraging for invertebrates at -8C. Locality University of Guelph Arboretum, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Ian Barker 24 January 2013 16 weeks ago 3.5
Skulking in the tangles, Shell Park, Oakville Locality Ontario, Canada
Miriam Bauman 3 May 2009 2 years ago 3.5
Brown Thrasher in a tree. Locality Georgia, USA (United States)
Billy 15 February 2013 13 weeks ago 3.4
bird in a hedge Locality Florida, USA (United States)
killiajk 22 March 2009 4 years ago 3.3
Brown Thrasher looking for seeds. Locality Louisiana, USA (United States)
Triton2009 1 May 2009 3 years ago 3.2
A bird perching on a branch Locality Florida, USA (United States)
Tadeusz Stawarczyk 15 May 2008 4 years ago 3
Singing bird just outside Howard Johnson Maingate West, off US192, Orlando. Locality Florida, USA (United States)
clydebirder 19 February 2005 4 years ago 3
Across branches Locality Montmagny, Quebec, Canada (ssp rufum)
Guy Poisson 25 June 2006 2 years ago 2.9
Individual perched on a twig. Locality Carden Alvar, Kirkfield, Ontario, Canada
Miriam Bauman 12 June 2011 1 year ago 2.7