Thrasher (Pearly-eyed)

 

 

It prefers to live in bushes and trees in mountain forests and coffee plantations in the Caribbean and west indies.. The pearly-eyed thrasher is described as an aggressive, opportunistic omnivore that feeds primarily on large insects, but also feeds on fruits and berries, and will occasionally eat lizards, frogs, small crabs and other bird’s eggs and nestlings. The pearly-eyed thrasher is a major nest predator and competitor for nest sites of the endangered Puerto Rican Parrot.

 

This fellow is much like the Starlings and Grackles and is considered a pest at times willing to steal food off a unattended plate of food.

 

Photographed in the wild, St Thomas USVI (2015)