The mistle thrush 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
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Mistle thrush defending berries in a rowan tree
An adult (right) with two juveniles feeding on a lawn
The song thrush is a thrush that breeds across the West Palearctic. It has brown upperparts and black-spotted cream or buff underparts and has four recognised subspecies. Its distinctive song, which f
Mistle thrush
…longish pointed wings, and usually melodious songs. A mitochondrial DNA study identified the mistle thrush's closest relatives as the similarly plumaged song and Chinese thrushes; these three species are early offshoots from the Eurasian lineage of Turdus thrushes after they spread north from Africa. They…
Певчий дрозд на пеньке, Битцевский лес
A parent feeding chicks in their nest in a New Zealand garden