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[[Image:Scaly-breasted_Thrasher.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Richard Ford<br />Photo taken: St. Lucia, Lesser Antilles, Caribbean.]] | [[Image:Scaly-breasted_Thrasher.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Richard Ford<br />Photo taken: St. Lucia, Lesser Antilles, Caribbean.]] | ||
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| − | 9 in (23cm) brown upperparts, white underparts with grayish-brown heavy scaling from throat to belly; one whitish wing bar; black bill; yellow-brown eye; white-tipped tail. | + | 9 in (23cm) brown upperparts, white underparts with grayish-brown heavy scaling from throat to belly; one whitish wing bar and white tip to one tertial; black bill; yellow-brown eye; white-tipped tail. |
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| + | Most dificult to distinguish from the [[Pearly-eyed Thrasher]] which has a longer, light-colored bill, white iris, a different pattern to the breast, and is larger. | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
| − | Caribbean - Lesser Antilles: fairly common resident from Saba and St Bartholomew south to St Vincent. Rare and local in Grenada and possibly extirpated on St Eustatius, Barbuda and Barbados. These islands comprise the entire range. | + | Caribbean - [[Lesser Antilles]]: fairly common resident from [[Saba]] and [[St Bartholomew]] south to [[St. Vincent]]. Rare and local in [[Grenada]] and possibly extirpated on [[St. Eustatius]], [[Barbuda]] and [[Barbados]]. These islands comprise the entire range. |
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
| + | Five different subspecies share the range for this species. It seems that the two species of thrashers belonging to Margarops (Scaly-breasted Thrasher and [[Pearly-eyed Thrasher]]) and the Tremblers ([[Brown Trembler]] and [[Grey Trembler]]) together constitute a group that originated within the [[Lesser Antilles]]. | ||
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
| − | + | Moist and semi-arid forests and woodlands. | |
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
| − | Voice: repeated phrases similar to Tropical Mockingbird, but with less vigor. | + | Voice: repeated phrases similar to Tropical Mockingbird, but with less vigor. An alternative description is that the bird alternates between a short, nice sounding, thrush-like sound and an unpleasant sound like a cork on a glass pane. |
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Scaly-breasted+Thrasher}} | {{GSearch|Scaly-breasted+Thrasher}} | ||
[[Category:Birds]] | [[Category:Birds]] | ||
Revision as of 02:34, 6 June 2007
- Margarops fuscus
Identification
9 in (23cm) brown upperparts, white underparts with grayish-brown heavy scaling from throat to belly; one whitish wing bar and white tip to one tertial; black bill; yellow-brown eye; white-tipped tail.
Most dificult to distinguish from the Pearly-eyed Thrasher which has a longer, light-colored bill, white iris, a different pattern to the breast, and is larger.
Distribution
Caribbean - Lesser Antilles: fairly common resident from Saba and St Bartholomew south to St. Vincent. Rare and local in Grenada and possibly extirpated on St. Eustatius, Barbuda and Barbados. These islands comprise the entire range.
Taxonomy
Five different subspecies share the range for this species. It seems that the two species of thrashers belonging to Margarops (Scaly-breasted Thrasher and Pearly-eyed Thrasher) and the Tremblers (Brown Trembler and Grey Trembler) together constitute a group that originated within the Lesser Antilles.
Habitat
Moist and semi-arid forests and woodlands.
Behaviour
Voice: repeated phrases similar to Tropical Mockingbird, but with less vigor. An alternative description is that the bird alternates between a short, nice sounding, thrush-like sound and an unpleasant sound like a cork on a glass pane.
