IUCN threat status:  Least Concern (LC)  Brief Summary  Read
full entry  Toxostoma rufum  A large (11 ½ inches) songbird, the
Brown Thrasher is most easily identified by its rusty-brown
back, speckled breast, long rounded tail, and long curved bill.
This species may be distinguished from the related Long-billed
Thrasher (Toxostoma longirostre) by that species’ paler plumage
and from several species of brown New World thrushes by their
smaller sizes and shorter tails. Male and female Brown Thrashers
are similar to one another in all seasons. The Brown Thrasher
breeds across much of the eastern United States and southern
Canada. Northerly-breeding populations migrate to the
southeastern U.S.and east Texas for the winter. Populations
breeding further south are non-migratory. Brown Thrashers breed
in a variety of semi-open habitats with large quantities of
groundcover, including forest edges, grasslands, and shrubby
fields. Birds that migrate south in winter utilize similar
habitat types as they do on their breed