Least ConcernRedwing
Turdus iliacus
One of the 4 thrushes on WAnimals
Birds · Passeriformes · Turdidae
Turdus philomelos
The species is abundant and widely distributed; it faces no significant short-term risk.
It has the distinctive habit of using a favourite stone as an anvil to smash the shells of the snails it catches, a rare case of tool use in birds.
Weight
50 g – 107 g
Size
20 cm – 23.5 cm
Life expectancy
3 years
Diet
Omnivore
Combines animal and plant food depending on availability.
Activity
Diurnal
Active mainly during the day.
Social structure
Solitary
Lives and hunts alone, joining others only to breed.
Sources consulted: AnAge (genomics.senescence.info) · The Wildlife Trusts · Brickfields Park · A-Z Animals · Garden Wildlife Direct · Animalia.bio · Songbird Survival · Wikipedia (Song thrush) · PMC (fat status hormonal study)
Best time: From October to March across much of Spain, when the European winterers arrive; in the northern half it breeds and sings from March.
Parks and dive sites where this species has been documented — showing 10 of 249.
Other species in the catalogue with the most in common with Song Thrush — same habitat, park, country, tags or family.
Based on what we already know about song thrush.
The pins mark the parks where its presence is documented.
