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What the Brown Thrasher sounds like
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The brown thrasher is bright reddish-brown above with thin, dark streaks on its buffy underparts. It has a whitish-colored chest with distinguished teardrop-shaped markings on its chest. Its long, rufous tail is rounded with paler corners, and eyes are a brilliant yellow. Its bill is brownish, long, and curves downward. Both male and females are similar in appearance. The juvenile appearance of the brown thrasher from the adult is not remarkably different, except for plumage texture, indiscreet upper part markings, and the irises having an olive color.
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When to see the Brown Thrasher
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 8 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is May, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Brown Thrasher
The map shades 7 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Brown Thrasher
The brown thrasher, sometimes erroneously called the brown thrush or fox-coloured thrush, is a bird in the family Mimidae, which also includes the New World catbirds and mockingbirds. The brown thrasher is abundant throughout the eastern and central United States and southern and central Canada, and it is the only thrasher to live primarily east of the Rockies and central Texas. It is the state bird of Georgia.
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Easily confused with
Curve-billed ThrasherToxostoma curvirostreThe curve-billed thrasher is immediately recognized as a thrasher by its long tail and short wings.
California ThrasherToxostoma redivivumThe California thrasher is about 32 cm (13 in) long and weighs up to 90 g (3.2 oz); it is the largest thrasher.
Long-billed ThrasherToxostoma longirostreThis bird is slender and long-tailed, averaging 26.5–29 cm (10.5–11.5 in) in length and about 70 g (2.5 oz) in weight.
Side by side: Brown Thrasher vs Grey Catbird · Brown Thrasher vs Curve-billed Thrasher · Brown Thrasher vs California Thrasher · Brown Thrasher vs Long-billed Thrasher
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