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Song thrush
Song
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. philomelos
Binomial name
Turdus philomelos
Brehm, 1831
Global map of sightings reported to eBird
Year-Round Range
Summer Range
Winter Range
Synonyms
Turdus musicus[2]
The song thrush (Turdus philomelos) is a thrush that breeds across the West Palearctic. It has brown upper-parts and black-spotted cream or buff underparts and has three recognised subspecies. Its distinctive song, which has repeated musical phrases, has frequently been referred to in poetry.
The song thrush breeds in forests, gardens and parks, and is partially migratory with many birds wintering in southern Europe, North Africa and the Middle East; it has also been introduced into New Zealand and Australia. Although it is not threatened globally, there have been serious population declines in parts of Europe, possibly due to changes in farming practices.
The song thrush builds a neat mud-lined cup nest in a bush or tree and lays four to five dark-spotted blue eggs. It is omnivorous and has the habit of using a favourite stone as an "anvil" on which to break open the shells of snails. Like other perching birds (passerines), it is affected by external and internal parasites and is vulnerable to predation by cats and birds of prey.
^BirdLife International (2018). "Turdus philomelos". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22708822A132076619. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22708822A132076619.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
^Gould, John (1837). The Birds of Europe. Vol. 2. R. and J. E. Taylor. Plate 78. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.65989.
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