Wood Thrush

Hylocichla mustelina (JF Gmelin, 1789) 11750
Family: Passeriformes > Turdidae

In common with many North American migratory woodland birds, this species – which resembles a bright well-marked Song Thrush – is declining markedly so is likely to remain an extremely rare visitor to Britain.

Wood Thrush was added to the British List following the sighting of an individual on St Agnes, Isles of Scilly, in October 1987.

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  • Breeding
  • Winter
1 record observations recorded by BTO surveyors
1 record

BTO RECORDS

1 record observations recorded by BTO surveyors
1 record

BTO RECORDS

Identification

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Status and Trends

Population size and trends and patterns of distribution based on BTO surveys and atlases with data collected by BTO volunteers.

CONSERVATION STATUS

This species can be found on the following statutory and conservation listings and schedules.

POPULATION SIZE

We have no population estimates for this scarce species.

Movement

Information about movement and migration based on online bird portals (e.g. BirdTrack), Ringing schemes and tracking studies.

RINGING RECOVERIES

View a summary of recoveries in the Online Ringing Report.

Biology

Lifecycle and body size information about Wood Thrush, including statistics on nesting, eggs and lifespan based on BTO ringing and nest recording data.

PRODUCTIVITY & NESTING

Sample sizes are too small to report Productivity and Nesting statistics for this species.

BIOMETRICS

Sample sizes are too small to report Biometrics for this species.

Feather measurements and photos on featherbase

CODES & CLASSIFICATION

For information in another language (where available) click on a linked name

Catalan: tord boscà
Czech: drozd lesní
Danish: Plettet Skovdrossel
Dutch: Amerikaanse Boslijster
Estonian: täpikrästas
Finnish: täplärastas
French: Grive des bois
German: Walddrossel
Hungarian: erdei fülemülerigó
Icelandic: Trjáþröstur
Italian: Tordo dei boschi
Latvian: lasainais strazds
Lithuanian: amerikinis miškinis strazdas
Norwegian: Flekkskogtrost
Polish: drozdek rudy
Portuguese: tordo-dos-bosques
Slovak: drozd hrdzavochvostý
Slovenian: gozdni cikovtnik
Spanish: Zorzalito maculado
Swedish: fläckskogstrast

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