Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
Photo from Southwestern Louisiana Birding page.

Last updated 4/14/96

Brown Thrashers are common, but secretive birds. Very active they noisely root around in the leaf littler for food, flipping leaves over. Brown Thrashers are found on the ground in dense thickets.

Rufous colored and heavely streaked below it is the only thrasher expected on the UTC.

Brown Thrasher could be confused with Wood Thrush. Thrushes have spots not streaks on the breast and brown eyes (yellow for Brown Thrasher). The Brown Thrasher's long decurved bill also distinguishes it from any of the thrushes.

Brown Thrashers are permanent residents of High Island and outside the breeding season at Brazos Bend State Park.

A breeding range map is available from the Breeding Bird Survey
A winter range map is available from the Christmas Bird Count

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