Long Billed or Brown Thrasher in Raleigh NC USA (1 Viewer)

[chaslor]

Long misshapen bill on what seems to be a long billed thrasher, though that would not typical to this area. Brown thrashers are common here, but they all have much shorter bills. Photo from today and yesterday in heavily wooded area of Raleigh NC.

 

[Andrew Whitehouse]

Welcome to BirdForum. Your bird is a Brown Thrasher with a deformed bill. It's too rufous above for a Long-billed Thrasher. Quite a strange looking bird!

 

[njlarsen]

Welcome to Birdforum! I believe that this is indeed a Brown Thrasher with an abnormal bill

Niels

 

[KC Foggin]

I agree with the above.

It looks healthy enough though so it must be doing okay with feeding itself. Hopefully.

 

[chaslor]

Thanks for the replies and assistance!

 

[rkj]

Remarkable how sometimes birds survive with what seem like serious deformities.

 

[njlarsen]

Especially weird bills seems to occur with some regularity. There is a section in the birdforum gallery with "Albinos and other odd birds" where this one would be at home: https://www.birdforum.net/gallery/showgallery.php/cat/3062

Niels