Thrushes (Turdidae)
Ring Ouzel (Turdus torquatus) - HBW 10, p. 647
French: Merle à plastron
German: Ringdrossel
Spanish: Mirlo Capiblanco
Taxonomy: Turdus torquatus Linnaeus, 1758, Sweden.
Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- torquatus Linnaeus, 1758 - Ireland, W Britain, NW France, W & N Scandinavia and NW Russia; non-breeding S Europe and NW Africa.
- alpestris (C. L. Brehm, 1831) - N Spain and C Europe E to Balkans, Greece and W Asia Minor, also N Africa (possibly Algeria); non-breeding also N Africa, SE Europe and S Turkey.
- amicorum Hartert, 1923 - C & E Turkey, Caucasus area, N Iran and SW Turkmenistan; non-breeding also N Africa and C & S Iran.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A male scolding from a conifer, then hopping on the ground Locality Lower Austria, Austria (ssp torquatus)
Malcolm Mark Swan 23 May 2006 5 years ago 46 sec 4.2 -
Five birds in a tree Locality Waimes, Liège Province, Belgium (ssp torquatus)
Jean Hupperetz 7 April 2006 6 years ago 22 sec 3.9 -
A bird moving on the ground Locality Waimes, Liège Province, Belgium (ssp torquatus)
Jean Hupperetz 7 April 2006 6 years ago 34 sec 3.8 -
A female foraging on the ground Locality Spurn Point, Yorkshire, England, Great Britain (ssp torquatus)
Greg Baker 1 April 2002 1 year ago 1 min 2 sec 3.3 -
An adult feeding Locality The Lizard, Cornwall, England, Great Britain (ssp torquatus)
Peter Fraser 12 October 2003 7 years ago 28 sec 3.1 -
A male perched calling twice (end of the video). Locality Fornebu, Bærum, Oslo & Akershus, Norway (ssp torquatus)
Eric Roualet 17 April 2013 4 weeks ago 7 sec 3
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turdus torquatus male adult
Locality Larra Massif, Navarre, Spain (ssp alpestris)
Ricardo Rodriguez 7 May 2011 1 year ago 4.2 -
Well hidden in the vegetation
Locality Arakhiya Farm, Al Rayyan, Qatar
John A Thompson 29 November 2010 2 years ago 3.6 -
A male bird
Locality Ruhestein, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Klaus Lachenmaier 18 April 2012 1 year ago 3.5 -
female in a bush
Locality Cape São Vicente, Algarve Region, Portugal (ssp torquatus ?)
Georges Olioso 12 March 2010 48 weeks ago 3.4 -
Adult male Ring Ouzel new arrival on breeding grounds.
Locality Ilkley Moor, West Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, Great Britain
Wagtail 15 April 2007 4 years ago 3.4 -
An adult male.
Locality Queralbs, Girona Province, Catalonia, Spain (ssp alpestris)
Aleix Comas 14 April 2004 4 years ago 3
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Calls by a perched bird during migratory halt. Locality Forêt de Sénart, France
(ssp torquatus)
Julien Rochefort 1 April 2004 3 years ago 4 -
Song. Locality Jämtland County, Sweden
AnteStrand 24 June 2010 2 years ago 2
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