Brown thrasher georgia state bird. An official game bird has also been adopted by the state of georgia. They migrate north in the summer and spends the winter in the southern states. Georgias governor first proclaimed the brown thrasher toxostoma rufum as the state bird in 1935 and it was finally recognized by georgia legislature as the official state bird in 1970 at the request of the garden clubs of georgia.
Joint resolution of the georgia general assembly march 20 1970 brown thrasher official state bird bobwhite quail official state game bird. 128 house resolution no. The brown thrasher toxostoma rufum is a bird in the family mimidae which also includes the new world catbirds and mockingbirdsthe dispersal of the brown thrasher is abundant throughout the eastern and central united states southern and central canada and is the only thrasher to live primarily east of the rockies and central texas.
Georgia state bird brown thrasher. The brown thrush or thrasher by which names this bird is generallyknown may be said to be a constant resident in the united states as immensenumbers are found all the year round in louisiana the floridas georgiaand the carolinas.