Pearly-eyed thrasher

It prefers to live in bushes and trees in mountain forests and coffee plantations. The Pearly-eyed Thrasher is described as an aggressive, opportunistic omnivore that feeds primarily on large insects, but also feeds on fruits and berries, and will occasionally eat lizards, frogs, small crabs and other bird’s eggs and nestlings. It grows to 28 to 30 cm in length.

The Pearly-eyed thrasher is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

Song of Pearly-eyed ThrasherPlay sound Recorded on St. John, USVI - Problems listening to this file? See media help. The Pearly-eyed Thrasher (Margarops fuscatus) is a bird found in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, the Bahamas and Antilles. Its genus, Margarops, is considered monotypic today; formerly the Scaly-breasted Thrasher was placed here too. The present species, however, is now known to be closer to the Cinclocerthia tremblers (Hunt et al. 2001, Barber et al. 2004). More

The Pearly-eyed Thrasher is described as an aggressive, opportunistic omnivore that feeds primarily on large insects, but also feeds on fruits and berries, and will occasionally eat lizards, frogs, small crabs and other bird’s eggs and nestlings. Description It grows to 28 to 30 cm (11 to 11.8 inches) in length. More

Pearly-eyed Thrasher is 28 to 30 centimeters (11 to 11.8 inches) in length. It weighs 95 to 100 grams (3.3 to 3.5 ounces). Habits: Margarops fuscatus is and aggressive, opportunistic omnivore that feeds primarily on large insects e.g., crickets, beetles and walking-sticks. It also eats fruits and berries, and will occasionally eat lizards, frogs, small crabs and even other bird More

My life Pearly-eyed Thrasher was from the Island of Saint Lucia. This is the type of habitat they prefer on most islands... Smuggler's Cove, Tortola, BVI. February, 2003. CP-4500 and EagleEye OpticZoom 5X lens. The Bird spied a half-eaten piece of fruit that some dopey american tourist left behind... or was this on purpose? Smuggler's Cove, Tortola, BVI. February, 2003. More

This Pearly-eyed Thrasher was preening after a bath in the morning dew. The Pearly-eyed Thrasher is not a Puerto Rican endemic as it is found on many islands in the Caribbean. An opportunistic omnivore, the thrasher feeds mainly on insects, but also on fruit, lizards, small crabs and other birds' eggs and young. An aggressive species, it is well known to compete with the critically endangered Puerto Rican Parrot for cavity nesting sites... More

Song of Pearly-eyed Thrasher recorded on St. John, USVI in July 2009. Date Source Own work Author Famousdeadartist Permission (Reusing this file) Multi-licence with CC-BY-SA-3. More

For the purposes of our bird news services, Pearly-eyed Thrasher is classed as ungraded: species which are unlikely to appear as wild birds in Britain or Ireland (Note that rarity levels are currently applied nationally and may not reflect local variations in abundance. More

The Pearly-eyed Thrasher was captured during studies on Montserrat from 15 May to 2 August, 1984. During 19-21 May 1984, we sampled the bird community in the Centre Hills at a site known locally as Jubilee Heights in a secon- dary hygrophytic forest at an elevation of about 450 m. On the morning of 20 May 1984, we captured and band- ed { 1433-78863} a Pearly-eyed Thrasher with an abnormal- ly long {length 42.84 mm}, decurved bill {Fig. 1}. More

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The Pearly-eyed Thrasher, Margarops fuscatus, is a brown bird about 11 inches maximum in length. It has brown feathers on it wings and brownish-white feathers on its chest. Indicated by its name, the bird's eyes have a shiny pearl like appearance. This bird is common in the US Virgin Islands and our local name for it is the thrushy or thrushy bird. More

Pearly-eyed Thrasher succeeded in completely destroying the thrush's nest before the owner returned, but at other times the thrasher was "caught in the act"; when this happened a violent struggle ensued, terminating when the birds, locked in combat, fell to the ground. In 12 hours of observation (spanning three days) 10 encounters of this sort occurred. After each encounter the thrush resumed nest construction. More

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Pearly-eyed Thrasher (Margarops fuscatus) by Don Jones. More