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BIRDS

Brown Thrasher

Toxostoma rufum

Birds
NativePartly migratory
Brown Thrasher, photo 1 of 5
Brown Thrasher, Juvenile
Brown Thrasher, photo 3 of 5
68.8 gWeight
3–4 eggsClutch
13 daysIncubation

Bird weighing 68.8 g. Partially migratory. Lives in thickets. Feeds on a bit of everything, plant and animal alike.

There are 10,652 observations of Brown Thrasher in Québec, mostly in Montérégie, Outaouais and Estrie, and it has been reported in every region. They peak in May.

Through the year

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Where to see it

  1. Montérégie1,864
  2. Outaouais1,765
  3. Estrie1,602
  4. Laurentides1,074
  5. Chaudière-Appalaches1,019
  6. Capitale-Nationale571
  7. Centre-du-Québec568
  8. Lanaudière518
  9. Montréal389
  10. Bas-Saint-Laurent299
  11. Mauricie273
  12. Abitibi-Témiscamingue253
  13. Laval140
  14. Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine115
  15. Côte-Nord97
  16. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean90
  17. Nord-du-Québec15

Habitat

ThicketsNicholas A. Tonelli

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