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Toxostoma rufum
Brown Thrasher
Indiana Dunes National Park
			Record Status: Approved
Occurrence:	Present
Nativeness:	Native
Abundance:	Common

Scientific Name with Authority:		Toxostoma rufum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Park Preferred Common Name(s):
Park Synonyms:

Taxonomic Hierarchy:		Kingdom Animalia, Phylum Chordata, Subphylum Vertebrata, Order Passeriformes, Family Mimidae, Genus Toxostoma, Species Toxostoma rufum


Seasonality Tags:
Breeder


Threatened/Endangered Status:		SC
State Species of Concern Status:
Ozone-sensitive Status:
NatureServe Global Rank:		G5
NatureServe State Rank:		IN: S4B
Evidence:		0 Observations, 0 Vouchers, 2 Data Store References, 0 External Links


Other Parks Where Species is Listed:
Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park	Acadia National Park
Agate Fossil Beds National Monument	Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site
Amistad National Recreation Area	Anacostia Park
Antietam National Battlefield	Apostle Islands National Lakeshore
Appomattox Court House National Historical Park	Arches National Park
Arkansas Post National Memorial	Assateague Island National Seashore
Badlands National Park	Baltimore-Washington National Parkway
Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site	Big Bend National Park
Big Cypress National Preserve	Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area
Big Thicket National Preserve	Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area
Biscayne National Park	Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park
Blue Ridge Parkway	Bluestone National Scenic River
Booker T. Washington National Monument	Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area
Buffalo National River	Cabrillo National Monument
Canaveral National Seashore	Canyonlands National Park
Cape Cod National Seashore	Cape Hatteras National Seashore
Cape Lookout National Seashore	Capitol Reef National Park
Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site	Carlsbad Caverns National Park
Castillo De San Marcos National Monument	Catoctin Mountain Park
Channel Islands National Park	Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park	Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park
Chickasaw National Recreation Area	Colonial National Historical Park
Congaree National Park	Cowpens National Battlefield
Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve	Cumberland Gap National Historical Park
Cumberland Island National Seashore	Curecanti National Recreation Area
Cuyahoga Valley National Park	Death Valley National Park
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area	Devils Tower National Monument
Dinosaur National Monument	Dry Tortugas National Park
Effigy Mounds National Monument	Eisenhower National Historic Site
El Malpais National Monument	Everglades National Park
Fire Island National Seashore	First State National Historical Park
Fort Caroline National Memorial	Fort Circle Parks
Fort Davis National Historic Site	Fort Donelson National Battlefield
Fort Frederica National Monument	Fort Laramie National Historic Site
Fort Larned National Historic Site	Fort Matanzas National Monument
Fort Necessity National Battlefield	Fort Pulaski National Monument
Fort Sumter National Historical Park	Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site
Fort Washington Park	Frederick Douglass National Historic Site
Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial National Military Park	Friendship Hill National Historic Site
Gateway National Recreation Area	Gauley River National Recreation Area
George Washington Birthplace National Monument	George Washington Carver National Monument
George Washington Memorial Parkway	Gettysburg National Military Park
Glen Canyon National Recreation Area	Grand Canyon National Park
Grand Portage National Monument	Great Basin National Park
Great Falls Park	Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve
Great Smoky Mountains National Park	Greenbelt Park
Guadalupe Mountains National Park	Guilford Courthouse National Military Park
Gulf Islands National Seashore	Harmony Hall
Harpers Ferry National Historical Park	Herbert Hoover National Historic Site
Homestead National Historical Park	Hopewell Culture National Historical Park
Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site	Horseshoe Bend National Military Park
Hot Springs National Park	Isle Royale National Park
Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve	Johnstown Flood National Memorial
Joshua Tree National Park	Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument
Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens	Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park
Kings Mountain National Military Park	Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site
Lake Mead National Recreation Area	Lake Meredith National Recreation Area
Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial	Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument
Little River Canyon National Preserve	Mammoth Cave National Park
Manassas National Battlefield Park	Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park
Minute Man National Historical Park	Mississippi National River and Recreation Areas
Missouri National Recreational River	Monocacy National Battlefield
Moores Creek National Battlefield	Morristown National Historical Park
Natchez Trace Parkway	National Capital Parks
National Capital Parks-East	National Mall and Memorial Parks
New River Gorge National Park and Preserve	Ninety Six National Historic Site
Niobrara National Scenic River	Obed Wild and Scenic River
Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park	Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument
Oxon Cove Park and Oxon Hill Run	Oxon Run National Parkway
Ozark National Scenic Riverways	Padre Island National Seashore
Pea Ridge National Military Park	Petersburg National Battlefield
Petrified Forest National Park	Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
Pipestone National Monument	Piscataway Park
Point Reyes National Seashore	Prince William Forest Park
Richmond National Battlefield Park	Rock Creek Park
Rocky Mountain National Park	Russell Cave National Monument
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site	Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway
San Antonio Missions National Historical Park	Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area
Scotts Bluff National Monument	Shenandoah National Park
Shiloh National Military Park	Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
Stones River National Battlefield	Suitland Parkway
Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve	Theodore Roosevelt Island National Memorial
Theodore Roosevelt National Park	Thomas Stone National Historic Site
Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve	Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument
Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River	Valley Forge National Historical Park
Vicksburg National Military Park	Voyageurs National Park
White Sands National Park	Wilson's Creek National Battlefield
Wind Cave National Park	Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts


Last Modified Date:	4/23/2004

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