Thrasher

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{{Taxobox | color = pink | name = Thrashers | image = CurvebilledThrasher23.jpg | regnum = Animalia | phylum = Chordata | classis = Aves | ordo = Passeriformes | familia = Mimidae | subdivision_ranks = Genera | subdivision = Margarops
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Thrashers are a New World group of passerine birds related to mockingbirds and New World catbirds.

Their common name describes the behaviour of these birds when searching for food on the ground: they use their long bills to "thrash" through dirt or dead leaves. All of these birds eat insects and several species also eat berries.

Genus Margarops