Fieldfare

Turdus pilarisOrder: PASSERIFORMES Family: Thrushes (Turdidae)

Codes: Common Name: FIEL Scientific Name: TURPIL ITIS Taxonomic No.: 179766

Breeding Location:

Open landscapes, Forest

Breeding Type:

Monogamous, Solitary to colonial nester

Breeding Population:

Casual in AK, Accidental

Egg Color:

Gray or blue green with red brown markings

Number of Eggs:

5 - 6

Incubation Days:

13 - 14

Egg Incubator:

Female

Nest Material:

Mud, vegetation, twigs.

Migration:

Migratory

General

Fieldfare: Large, robin-like thrush with rufous back and gray head and rump. Underparts are brown-barred white on breast and sides, and white on belly. Wings are rufous. Tail is dark gray to black. Sexes are similar.

Range and Habitat

Fieldfare: Occurs widely, often in large numbers, in most of central and southern Europe in winter; also common in Siberia and Greenland. Casual in Alaska and accidental elsewhere in North America; preferred habitats include woods and woodland edges in summer and open country, fields, and agricultural areas in winter.

Breeding and Nesting

Fieldfare: Five to six gray or blue green eggs marked with red brown are laid in a nest made of mud, vegetation, and twigs, and built on the ground or on a low tree branch. Incubation ranges from 13 to 14 days and is carried out by the female.

Foraging and Feeding

Fieldfare: Eats insects, earthworms, slugs, berries, and fruits. Hops about on the ground and gleans food from trees and shrubs.

Readily Eats

Raisins, Currants, Nut Meal

Vocalization

Fieldfare: Song is a pieced-together series of variable squeaking and different chuckling sounds and noises. Call is "shak-shak-shak".

Similar Species

Fieldfare: Redwing has rufous wash on underwings, brown head and rump, black spotted and streaked throat, breast and sides, and buff eyestripe.

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Fieldfare

Fieldfare: Large, robin-like thrush with rufous back with gray head and rump. Underparts are brown-barred white on breast and sides, and white on belly. Wings are rufous. Tail is dark gray to black. The bill is yellow with a dark tip. Strong and fast flight on rapidly beating wings.

● Song: "shak-shak-shak"

● Foraging & Feeding: Fieldfare: Eats insects, earthworms, slugs, berries, and fruits. Hops about on the ground and gleans food from trees and shrubs.

● Breeding & nesting: Fieldfare: Five to six gray or blue green eggs marked with red brown are laid in a nest made of mud, vegetation, and twigs, and built on the ground or on a low tree branch. Incubation ranges from 13 to 14 days and is carried out by the female.

● Similar species: Fieldfare: Redwing has rufous wash on underwings, brown head and rump, black spotted and streaked throat, breast and sides, and buff eyestripe.

Flight Pattern

Swift strong direct flight on rapidly beating wings.

Fieldfare Breeding Male Body Illustration

● Range & Habitat: Fieldfare: Occurs widely, often in large numbers, in most of central and southern Europe in winter; also common in Siberia and Greenland. Casual in Alaska and accidental elsewhere in North America; preferred habitats include woods and woodland edges in summer and open country, fields, and agricultural areas in winter.

^BreedingMonogamous, Solitary to colonial nester

^PopulationCasual in AK, Accidental

^MigrationMigratory

^Weight3.8 Ounces

Underparts

Belly, undertail coverts, chest, flanks, and foreneck.

Belly

The ventral part of the bird, or the area between the flanks on each side and the crissum and breast. Flight muscles are located between the belly and the breast.

Breast

The upper front part of a bird.

Rump

The area between the uppertail coverts and the back of the bird.

4 and 6 letter alpha codes

The four letter common name alpha code is is derived from the first two letters of the common first name and the first two letters of common last name. The six letter species name alpha code is derived from the first three letters of the scientific name (genus) and the first three letters of the scientific name (species). See (1) below for the rules used to create the codes..

Four-letter (for English common names) and six-letter (for scientific names) species alpha codes were developed by Pyle and DeSante (2003, North American Bird-Bander 28:64-79) to reflect A.O.U. taxonomy and nomenclature (A.O.U. 1998) as modified by Supplements 42 (Auk 117:847-858, 2000) and 43 (Auk 119:897-906, 2002). The list has been updated by Pyle and DeSante to reflect changes reported by the A.O.U from 2003 through 2006.

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General

Range and Habitat

Breeding and Nesting

Foraging and Feeding

Readily Eats

Vocalization

Similar Species

Fieldfare

Flight Pattern