Bird
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosAlso known as Mavis, Throstle
Famous for repeating musical phrases two to four times in rapid succession, the Song Thrush fills European woodlands, gardens, and parks with melodious calls from early spring. It has a unique feeding habit of using heavy stones as anvils to smash open land snail shells when soil moisture drops. While widespread across the West Palearctic, local populations have faced declines due to modern agricultural practices and loss of hedgerows.
SongbirdSpottedWoodland
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Least ConcernConservation statusIUCN Red List categoriesLCNTVUENCREWEXLeast ConcernRed List categories, explained →
Diet & preyGrove Snail, Earthworms, Rowan Berries
Predators
- Domestic Cat
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk
- Red Fox
ThreatsAgricultural intensification, severe winters, habitat loss
HabitatsWoodlands, gardens, parks, farmland
Life span3–5 years
Classification
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyTurdidae
- GenusTurdus
- SpeciesTurdus philomelos
Range data is not available yet.
Interaction riskLow
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- Why interaction risk is low
- Safe to observe at a normal distance.
Responsible observation
- Listening: Listen for musical phrases repeated three or four times from high tree perches.
- Garden Habitat: Leave leaf litter and anvil stones intact to encourage natural snail foraging.
- Nesting Care: Maintain distance around dense shrubs during spring nesting season.
Prey "Grove snail" by hedera.baltica is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/. · cc-by-sa
Predator (c) Stanislav Murashkin, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Stanislav Murashkin · cc-by
Close Relative (c) Luiz Lapa, some rights reserved (CC BY) · cc-by
Close Relative (c) Frank Sengpiel, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Frank Sengpiel · cc-by
Close Relative (c) Codrin Bucur, some rights reserved (CC BY) · cc-by
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