Sage Thrasher
Oreoscoptes montanus
- Class
- Bird
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 3,747
- Most observed in
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The sage thrasher (Oreoscoptes montanus) is a medium-sized passerine bird in the family Mimidae. It is the only species in the genus Oreoscoptes and the smallest of the thrashers. It is found in the regions of western North America, breeding from the Great Basin to southern British Columbia, and migrates south to southern United States and northern Mexico for winter. Sage thrashers are commonly found in shrubsteppe habitat and are strongly associated with sagebrush (Artemisia spp.) for which it relies on for nesting.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Sage thrasher”.