This article is about a bird. For the Royal Air Force airfield, see HMS Fieldfare. For the Second World War Operation Fieldfare, see Fieldfare Cabin.
Fieldfare
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Aves
Order:
Passeriformes
Family:
Turdidae
Genus:
Turdus
Species:
T. pilaris
Binomial name
Turdus pilaris
Linnaeus, 1758
Nonbreeding
Breeding
Year-round
The fieldfare (Turdus pilaris) is a member of the thrush family Turdidae. It breeds in woodland and scrub in northern Europe and across the Palearctic. It is strongly migratory, with many northern birds moving south during the winter. It is a very rare breeder in Great Britain and Ireland, but winters in large numbers in the United Kingdom, Southern Europe, North Africa and the Middle East. It is omnivorous, eating a wide range of molluscs, insects and earthworms in the summer, and berries, grain and seeds in the winter.
Fieldfares often nest in small colonies, possibly for protection from predators. The nest is built in a tree where five or six eggs are laid. The chicks are fed by both parents and leave the nest after a fortnight. There may be two broods in southern parts of the range but only one further north. Migrating birds and wintering birds often form large flocks, often in the company of redwings.
The fieldfare is 25 cm (10 in) long, with a grey crown, neck and rump, a plain brown back, dark wings and tail and white underwings. The breast and flanks are heavily spotted. The breast has a reddish wash and the rest of the underparts are white. The sexes are similar in appearance but the females are slightly more brown. The male has a simple chattering song and the birds have various guttural flight and alarm calls.
^BirdLife International (2016). "Turdus pilaris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22708816A87874379. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22708816A87874379.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
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