: any of various American oscine birds (family Mimidae, especially genus Toxostoma) related to the mockingbird that resemble thrushes but have a usually long curved bill and long tail
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Among bird species, the cameras spotted brown thrashers, northern cardinals (male), dark-eyed juncos, mourning doves, bluejays, Carolina wrens and many American robins.—Finian Curran/queens University News Service, Charlotte Observer, 9 May 2024 Rodrigo’s albums necessarily have to alternate her pop-punk thrashers and her ballads, to some degree, making for a little bit of whiplash for the few of us who still listen to albums in sequence.—Thania Garcia, Variety, 8 May 2024 Rodrigo’s albums necessarily have to alternate her pop-punk thrashers and her ballads, to some degree, making for a little bit of whiplash for the few of us who still listen to albums in squence.—Chris Willman, Variety, 25 Feb. 2024 Brown thrasher The brown thrasher is Georgia's state bird.—Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 25 July 2023 These shrubs provide shelter and a place to nest for birds, especially the brown thrasher, and are an excellent source of nectar for many insects, including tiger swallowtails.—Nicole Hvidsten, Star Tribune, 24 Mar. 2021 To honor Ament’s thrasher philanthropy, Blackfeet Chief Earl Old Person bestowed him with a Blackfeet name, which translates to Holds Water.—Jim Robbins, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2021
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