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Brown Thrasher
(Toxostoma rufum)
    
        

Brown Thrasher
Information

Length: 11.5"
                                  
Habitat: Brushy edges of woodlands, dry thickets, overgrown fields, early successional woodlands, forest openings such as

Brown Thrasher
Photo © Mike Danzenbaker
powerline cuts, shrubby undergrowth
in open woods, residential shrubs and hedges.

Diet: Insects, including beetles, ants, caterpillars, and cicadas; spiders; earthworms, snails, small amphibians; waste grains; nuts, especially acorns.
 
Brown Thrasher ID TipsIdentification tips for the Brown Thrasher
 
 
Brown Thrasher SoundsBrown Thrasher songs and call
  © The Macaulay Library of Natural Sounds at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithica, New York.  Recordists: G. Keller & O. Hewitt
 
 
Range Maps:
(Click map to enlarge.)
 
Brown Thrasher Breeding Map Brown Thrasher Winter Map      USGS
     
Breeding Map          Winter Map (CBC)      
 
 
Additional information:
 
National Wildlife Federation
Photo of Brown Thrasher, song (sound file), description, voice, habitat, nesting, and range of this bird.
 
     
   

 

 
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