Thrasher Thrasher

Thrasher - Definition and Overview

Thrashers
 Photo: Thrasher
Curve-billed Thrasher
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Passeriformes
Family: Mimidae
Genera

Margarops
Oreoscoptes
Ramphocinclus
Toxostoma

Thrashers are a New World group of passerine birds related to mockingbirds and New World catbirds.

Their common name describes the behaviour of these birds when searching for food on the ground: they use their long bills to "thrash" through dirt or dead leaves. All of these birds eat insects and several species also eat berries.

Genus Margarops

  • Pearly-eyed Thrasher Margarops fuscatus
  • Scaly-breasted Thrasher Margarops fuscus

Genus Oreoscoptes

Genus Ramphocinclus

  • White-breasted Thrasher Ramphocinclus brachyurus

Genus Toxostoma

  • Bendire's Thrasher Toxostoma bendirei
  • Vizcaino Thrasher Toxostoma arenicola
  • Gray Thrasher Toxostoma cinereum
  • Crissal Thrasher Toxostoma crissale
  • Curve-billed Thrasher Toxostoma curvirostre
  • Cozumel Thrasher Toxostoma guttatum
  • Le Conte's Thrasher Toxostoma lecontei
  • Long-billed Thrasher Toxostoma longirostre
  • Ocellated Thrasher Toxostoma ocellatum
  • California Thrasher Toxostoma redivivum
  • Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
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