The Sage Thrasher is at the northern limits of its range in the southern Okanagan Valley of British Columbia and grasslands of southeastern Alberta and southwestern Saskatchewan. It winters in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. Sage Thrasher has been listed as Endangered under the Species at Risk Act since 2003 because of its small population size and the continuing threat of habitat loss (COSEWIC, 2010, COSEWIC, 2021). The very small Canadian population is not effectively monitored by any standardized surveys, but periodic direct counts of breeding birds indicate a fluctuating but essentially stable population in Canada (COSEWIC, 2021). With the Canadian population estimated at between 7 and 36 individuals (COSEWIC, 2021), the goal of 15-20 pairs may be met in some years, but likely not in others, and it's therefore considered to be below its goal range. However, confidence is low, given the limited monitoring effort.