Toxostoma rufum ORDER: PASSERIFORMES FAMILY: MIMIDAE
IUCN Conservation Status: Least Concern
© Ed Schneider
A large, skulking bird of thickets and hedgerows, the Brown Thrasher has one of the largest song repertoires of any North American bird. Boldly patterned, it is conspicuous when singing on its territory, but is hardly discernable during the rest of year.
Song is a long series of variable phrases separated by pauses. Phrases usually uttered twice. Includes mimicked calls of other birds. Call note is a "tchuck" like a smacking kiss.