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Thrushes (Turdidae)

Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris) - HBW 10, p. 639

French: Grive litorne German: Wacholderdrossel Spanish: Zorzal Real

Taxonomy: Turdus pilaris Linnaeus, 1758, Europe = Sweden.
Monotypic.

Distribution: Breeds Iceland and N & C Europe E to C Siberia (to Aldan basin and Transbaikalia) and in NW China (Tien Shan); non-breeding W & S Europe, N Africa and SW Asia.

Least Concern

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Adult bird, seen from the side, perched in an apple tree. Locality Norrköping, Östergötland County, Sweden (Monotypic species)
Pia Öberg 12 May 2005 20 weeks ago 4.5
A very small Fieldfare fighting off a male Blackbird from an apple which it was feeding on. Locality Northampton, Northamptonshire, England, Great Britain
Dave Jackson 9 January 2010 1 year ago 4.5
A Fieldfare visiting a suburban garden in Northampton UK. Locality Northampton, Northamptonshire, England, Great Britain
Dave Jackson 11 February 2010 1 year ago 4.3
One of many migrants last winter Locality Stillorgan, Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County, Dublin Region, Ireland
Brendan Marnell 9 January 2010 1 year ago 4
A bird eating berries. Locality Uppsala County, Sweden
benoit nabholz 30 January 2010 1 year ago 3.8
Fieldfare perched Locality Rives, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France
Luis Casiano 29 January 2011 43 weeks ago 3.7

Sounds

A bird singing. It's a kind of subsong, like always for Turdus pilaris, very difficult to hear without parabola. Locality Rambouillet Forest, Yvelines, Île-de-France, France (Monotypic species)
Julien Rochefort 1 December 2009 2 years ago 4.5
Adults alarming near the nest Locality Labytnangi, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Eastern Russia, Russia (Monotypic species)
Laurent Demongin 26 June 2010 1 year ago 4
A bird taking flight and another alarm calling. Locality Clenchwarton, Norfolk, England, Great Britain
Stuart Fisher 5 November 2005 2 years ago 3

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