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Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorus
Audubon Illustration
John James Audubon, Birds of America (1827-1838). Public domain.
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About the Mistle Thrush
The mistle thrush (Turdus viscivorus) is a bird common to much of Europe, temperate Asia and North Africa. It is a year-round resident in a large part of its range, but northern and eastern populations migrate south for the winter, often in small flocks. It is a large thrush with pale grey-brown upper parts, a greyish-white chin and throat, and black spots on its pale yellow and off-white under parts. The sexes are similar in plumage, and its three subspecies show only minimal differences. The male has a loud, far-carrying song which is delivered even in wet and windy weather, earning the bird the old name of stormcock.
Source: Wikipedia
Classification
- Scientific name
- Turdus viscivorus
- Family
- Thrushes and Allies
- Order
- Passeriformes
Similar species
Other members of the thrushes and allies family recorded in North America — a useful place to start if you are not certain of your identification.
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Aztec Thrush Ridgwayia pinicola
- Bicknell's Thrush Catharus bicknelli
- Black Thrush Turdus infuscatus
- Black-headed Nightingale-Thrush Catharus mexicanus
- Brown-backed Solitaire Myadestes occidentalis
- Clay-colored Thrush Turdus grayi
- Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula
- Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus
- Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
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