The California thrasher is a large member of family Mimidae found primarily in chaparral habitat in California and Baja California. It is the only species of Toxostoma throughout most of its range. On the topic of songs, Males sing a series of twice-repeated phrases with 2–3 syllables each, usually with a sweet quality, often including imitations of other bird species around them, including California Quail, Wrentit, California Scrub-Jay, Bewick’s Wren, Nuttall’s Woodpecker, Spotted Towhee, and Lesser Goldfinch. Females sometimes join males in song, and their songs are of similar type and volume. Also, both sexes give a low chup call that is often heard, as well as a rising churreep and harsher chak. Here is a website with all their songs and cries
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California Thrasher
The California thrasher is a large member of family Mimidae found primarily in chaparral habitat in California and Baja California. It is the only species of Toxostoma throughout most of its range. On the topic of songs, Males sing a series of twice-repeated phrases with 2–3 syllables each, usually with a sweet quality, often including imitations of other bird species around them, including California Quail, Wrentit, California Scrub-Jay, Bewick’s Wren, Nuttall’s Woodpecker, Spotted Towhee, and Lesser Goldfinch. Females sometimes join males in song, and their songs are of similar type and volume. Also, both sexes give a low chup call that is often heard, as well as a rising churreep and harsher chak. Here is a website with all their songs and cries