Brown Thrasher

About the Brown Thrasher

The brown thrasher (Toxostoma rufum), 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. As a member of the genus Toxostoma, the bird is relatively large-sized among the other thrashers. It has brown upper parts with a white under part with dark streaks. Because of this, it is often confused with the smaller wood thrush (Hylocichla mustelina), among other species.

Source: Wikipedia

Classification

Scientific name

Toxostoma rufum

Family

Mockingbirds and Thrashers

Order

Passeriformes

Similar species

Other members of the mockingbirds and thrashers family recorded in North America — a useful place to start if you are not certain of your identification.

• Bahama Mockingbird Mimus gundlachii
• Bendire's Thrasher Toxostoma bendirei
• Black Catbird Melanoptila glabrirostris
• Blue Mockingbird Melanotis caerulescens
• Blue-and-white Mockingbird Melanotis hypoleucus
• California Thrasher Toxostoma redivivum
• Cozumel Thrasher Toxostoma guttatum
• Crissal Thrasher Toxostoma crissale
• Curve-billed Thrasher Toxostoma curvirostre
• Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
• Gray Thrasher Toxostoma cinereum
• LeConte's Thrasher Toxostoma lecontei