The Collaborative International Dictionary
Brown thrush \Brown" thrush"\ (Zo["o]l.) A common American singing bird ( Harporhynchus rufus), allied to the mocking bird; -- also called brown thrasher.
Wiktionary
n. A songbird found in eastern USA, taxonomic name (taxlink Toxostoma rufum species noshow=1), known for its large song repertoire
WordNet
n. common large songbird of eastern United States having reddish-brown plumage [syn: brown thrush, Toxostoma rufums]
Wikipedia
The brown thrasher (Toxostoma rufum) is a bird in the family Mimidae, which also includes the New World catbirds and mockingbirds. The dispersal of the brown thrasher is abundant throughout the eastern and central United States, southern and central Canada, and is the only thrasher to live primarily east of the Rockies and central Texas. It is the state bird of Georgia.
As a member of the genus Toxostoma, the bird is a large-sized thrasher. It has brown upper parts with a white under part with dark streaks. Because of this, it is often confused with the smaller wood thrush (Hylocichla mustelina), among other species. The brown thrasher is noted for having over 1000 song types, and the largest song repertoire of birds. However, each note is usually repeated in two or three phrases.
The brown thrasher is an omnivore, with its diet ranging from insects to fruits and nuts. The usual nesting areas are shrubs, small trees, or at times on ground level. Brown thrashers are generally inconspicuous but territorial birds, especially when defending their nests, and will attack species as large as humans.
Usage examples of "brown thrasher".
On the third or fourth of May I saw a loon in the pond, and during the first week of the month I heard the whip-poor-will, the brown thrasher, the veery, the wood pewee, the chewink, and other birds.
At Christmas, the dog had showed up at Brown Thrasher Barony, the horse farm that Jeff managed.
A small brown thrasher settled on a nearby branch and inspected us both with obvious interest.
A brown thrasher sits on a twig imitating all the birds in his area.
I stretched back in the sun and hummed the song of the brown thrasher and of Barometer, the nuthatch.
A brown thrasher swept a darting red brown arrow past his head and he could hear yellow warblers gossiping among the willows.
A brown thrasher swept a darting red-brown arrow past his head, and he could hear yellow warblers gossiping among the willows.