Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum) Science Article 9 abstract Our current understanding of the soundgenerating mechanism in the songbird vocal organ, the syrinx, is based on indirect evidence and theoretical treatments. The classical avian model of sound production postulates that the medial tympaniform membranes (MTM) are the principal sound generators. FRANZ GOLLER AND OLE N. LARSEN, […]
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PREDATION BY GRAY CATBIRD ON BROWN THRASHER EGGS
Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum) Science Article 2 abstract The gray catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) has been documented visiting and breakingthe eggs of artificial nests, but the implications of such observations are unclear because there is little cost in depredating an undefended nest. During the summer of 2001 at Konza Prairie Biological Station, Kansas, we videotaped a […]
Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum)
[order] PASSERIFORMES | [family] Mimidae | [latin] Toxostoma rufum | [UK] Brown Thrasher | [FR] Moqueur roux | [DE] Rote Spottdrossel | [ES] Cuitlacoche Rojizo | [NL] Rosse Spotlijster Subspecies Genus Species subspecies Breeding Range Breeding Range 2 Non Breeding Range Toxostoma rufum NA c, e, se Toxostoma rufum longicauda Toxostoma rufum rufum Physical charateristics […]