Ocellated thrasher

The ocellated thrasher (Toxostoma ocellatum) is a species of bird in the family Mimidae.

[3] The nominate subspecies of ocellated thrasher is found in central Mexico from San Luis Potosí south to the states of Hidalgo and México.

[3] The ocellated thrasher inhabits a variety of landscapes including arid and semi-arid scrub and the brushy understory of oak and pine-oak forests.

The ocellated thrasher's song is "a varied, rich warbling in which phrases are repeated two or three times", often sung from atop a bush or tree.

Its calls include "a hard, slightly smacking to gruff chehk or tchehk".

Illustration (1862) of Toxostoma ocellatum