SongLark
Bird call
Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum) call
A long song of varied phrases, each usually sung twice: plant-a-seed, plant-a-seed.
Listen to the Brown Thrasher call
A field recording of the Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum) by robinlanark, shared on iNaturalist. Listen for the Brown Thrasher in garden habitats.
Your first course is free, with no ads.
Sounds similar
Birds that sound similar to the Brown Thrasher
These birds belong to the mimid family, like the Brown Thrasher, so their calls can sound alike.
-
Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
Endless strings of borrowed phrases, each repeated three or more times, often all night.
-
Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
A rambling, scratchy jumble of notes, each sung once, and a cat-like mew call.
-
California Thrasher Toxostoma redivivum
A loud, rambling song of rich phrases, each repeated once or twice, from the top of a bush.
Questions
Questions about the Brown Thrasher
What does the Brown Thrasher sound like?
A long song of varied phrases, each usually sung twice: plant-a-seed, plant-a-seed. Listen to the recording above.
Which birds sound like the Brown Thrasher?
Northern Mockingbird, Gray Catbird and California Thrasher sound similar.
Where can I hear the Brown Thrasher?
SongLark teaches it in its Birds of Eastern North America course.
How can I learn the Brown Thrasher call?
In SongLark's Birds of Eastern North America course, it comes in Level 2: Suburb & Park. SongLark teaches it by ear with real field recordings.
Courses
Learn this call in
SongLark teaches the Brown Thrasher in its Birds of Eastern North America course. Each course plays real field recordings and brings every bird back for review just before you would forget it.
- In Birds of Eastern North America, the Brown Thrasher comes in Level 2: Suburb & Park. That Level is about lawns, hedges and city streets.
Learn it with these birds in Level 2 of Birds of Eastern North America
-
Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
A soft, flat pik and a whinnying rattle that falls in pitch toward the end.
-
Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
A rolling, throaty kwirr or churr, repeated from the trunk.
-
White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
A nasal, low yank-yank-yank, slower and deeper than Red-breasted.
-
Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
Creaky, rusty-hinge squeaks and harsh chack calls, often from noisy flocks.
-
Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
Rambling whistles, clicks and mimicry from rooftops and wires.
-
House Sparrow Passer domesticus
Monotonous cheeping and chirping around buildings.
-
Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
A flat, dry, even trill of chips on one pitch, like a sewing machine.
-
Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
Three sharp introductory notes then a jumbled trill; a nasal chimp call.
-
White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
A pure, whistled Old Sam Peabody-Peabody-Peabody, or O sweet Canada-Canada.
-
Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
A dry even trill on one pitch; ticking smack notes when flushed.
Get SongLark
Learn Brown Thrasher in SongLark
Install SongLark, sign in, and choose a course that teaches the Brown Thrasher.
- Your first course is free. When you first sign in, you choose one course to keep.
- On iPhone? SongLark is coming soon to the App Store.
- One account, every device. Your progress syncs between devices.