The widespread thrasher of eastern North America, the brown thrasher is generally a secretive bird of dense thickets and hedgerows. Often seen feeding on the ground, probing for insects with its ...

Most have long down-curved bills, although the two most widespread, the brown and the sage thrashers, have straighter bills. The brown thrasher stands out because it usually repeats each phrase twice.

Polytypic. Length 11". Sexes similar. A largish, pale brown thrasher with uniform brown upperparts and round, somewhat blurry spots on the underparts. Wings have noticeable whitish wing bars ...

Brown thrashers are a bright rufous above and white underneath, streaked with brown (photo). They have long thick legs and ...