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Sage thrasher - (Oreoscoptes montanus)

 Sage thrasher

Size: 8.5 inches
Overall Color: gray
Occurrence: widespread
Diet: insects, spiders, berries
Nest: cup
Field Identification: white throat, heavily streaked breast and belly, pale yellow eye, white wing bars
Season: winter

Sage thrasher
Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
Phylum: Chordata (hollow nerve cord)
Subphylum: Vertebrata (backbone)
Class: Aves (Birds)
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Mimidae (mimids)
Genus: Oreoscoptes
species: montanus

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