Song Thrush
Unlike many correspondents, we continue to attract song thrushes to the garden. And early each morning under mild conditions we enjoy a dawn chorus of four, each in full song.
Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos)
The Song Thrush is smaller than the Mistle Thrush (Turdus viscivorus), has a shorter tail, "arrowhead" spots rather than round spots on its breast and has yellow-buff colouring on its upper breast.
Song Thrush
Both Sexes
Warm brown upperparts, creamy yellow throat and breast with speckles.
Turdus philomelos ...
The Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos) is a thrush that breeds across much of Eurasia. It is also known in English dialects as throstle or mavis. It has brown upperparts and black-spotted cream or buff underparts and has three recognised subspecies.
Song thrush
A familiar and popular garden songbird whose numbers are declining seriously, especially on farmland making it a Red List species. Smaller and browner than a mistle thrush with smaller spotting. Its h... More...
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A song thrush perched high up in the willow tree at the bottom of the garden is busy shouting a celebration over his territory.
The Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos), to the left and the Redwing (Turdus iliacus), to the right look rather similar.
Turdus philomelos - Song Thrush
Sylviidae - Warblers
Locustella
Locustella lanceolata - Lanceolated Warbler (photo)
Locustella naevia - Grasshopper Warbler
Locustella fluviatilis - River Warbler (photo) ...
Competition from introduced European starlings, song thrushs and common blackbirds, overhunting and habitat loss through agricultural clearing might have played an important role.
Because of that, the beautiful girl covered herself in the black wool and prayed to God to turn her into a bird. The song thrush wanted to marry her, but the blackbird would turn into a reed, then into a flower, a cross, into a vine, ...
Song thrush (Turdus philomelos)
Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)
Red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris)
Grey wolf (Canis lupus)
Nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus)
Spotted flycatcher (Muscicapa striata)
Little owl (Athene noctua) ...
Possible competition for food resources from the introduced Blackbird and Song Thrush.
Potential for introduction of non-native invertebrates (eg Fire/Crazy Ant).
Risk of extinction due to small population size and restricted distribution.
OTHER NAMES: Bellbird, Song Thrush, Swamp Angel, Swamp Robin, Wood Robin (Terres 1980).
Fyffe I stopped at the Lavender Farm and birded around the garden: Spur-winged Plover, Blackbird, Song Thrush, Chaffinch, Pukeo (Purple Swamphen), Silvereyes,Tomtit, Dunnock.
On a farm fence I had flock of Redpolls.
Blackbird aka Common Blackbird Turdus merula Found: Europe, Introduced: Australia, New Zealand
Photographed by DIck Daniels in: 1 - 3) England 4) New Zealand
Blackbirds are related to song thrushes (Turdus philomelos) and also have a ...
Puff-throated Babblers have strong legs, and are quite terrestrial. They can often be seen creeping through undergrowth in search of their insect food, looking at first glance like a Song Thrush.
Black-capped Babbler, Pellorneum capistratum ...
 See also: Finch, Flamingo, Robin, Mistle Thrush, Purple
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