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Pearly-eyed Thrasher

Margarops fuscatus

Range & Recent Observations

Pearly-eyed Thrasheris a year-round resident and doesn't follow a migration flyway. See the Range tab for where it lives.

Last Spotted Near You

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About the Pearly-eyed Thrasher

The pearly-eyed thrasher (Margarops fuscatus) is a bird in the thrasher family Mimidae. It is found on many Caribbean islands, from the Bahamas in the north to the Grenadines in the south, with an isolated subspecies on Bonaire.

Source: Wikipedia

Classification

Scientific name
Margarops fuscatus
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
  • Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
  • 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

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