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title: "Sage Thrasher"
description: "Oreoscoptes montanus — Uccelli. The sage thrasher (Oreoscoptes montanus) is a medium-sized passerine bird in the family Mimidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/sage-thrasher
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Sage Thrasher

> Oreoscoptes montanus — Uccelli. The sage thrasher (Oreoscoptes montanus) is a medium-sized passerine bird in the  family Mimidae.

- Scientific name: *Oreoscoptes montanus*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Prati e campi)
- iNaturalist observations: 5494
- Wikidata: [Q1587710](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1587710)
- iNaturalist taxon: [15045](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/15045)

## Names

- en: Sage Thrasher
- de: Bergspottdrossel
- es: Cuicacoche Chato
- fr: Moqueur des armoises
- pl: Przedrzeźniacz smugowany

## Countries with the most observations

US (4766), MX (156), CA (140)

## Summary

The sage thrasher (Oreoscoptes montanus) is a medium-sized passerine bird in the  family Mimidae. It is the only species in the genus Oreoscoptes and the smallest of the thrashers. It is found in the regions of western North America, breeding from the Great Basin to southern British Columbia, and migrates south to southern United States and northern Mexico for winter. Sage thrashers are commonly found in shrubsteppe habitat and are strongly associated with sagebrush (Artemisia spp.) for which it relies on for nesting.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sage_thrasher

## Photo

![Sage Thrasher](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/sage-thrasher/medium.jpg)

Photo: Dario Taraborelli · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/199042600

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/sage-thrasher?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).