Bird name:

Redwing

Turdus iliacus

Order

PASSERIFORMES

Family

Thrushes (Turdidae)

Code 4

REDW

Code 6

TURILI

ITIS

179769

Breeding Location:

Forests

Breeding Type:

Monogamous, Solitary nester

Breeding Population:

Casual to accidental

Egg Color:

Blue green with red brown spots

Number of Eggs:

5 - 6

Incubation Days:

12 - 14

Egg Incubator:

Female

Nest Material:

Grasses, mud, and twigs.

Migration:

Migratory

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General

Redwing: Medium-sized thrush with brown upperparts, dark-spotted white underparts, and rufous flanks. Eyebrows are white and conspicuous. Bill is yellow with black tip. Deep rufous-orange underwing linings are visible in flight. Legs and feet are yellow. Sexes are similar.

Range and Habitat

Redwing: Native of Eurasia; strays occasionally to Newfoundland and is accidental to Long Island, New York during winter. Found in deciduous and mixed woodlands in summer and open fields and thickets during winter.

Breeding and Nesting

Redwing: Five to six blue green eggs with red brown spots are laid in a cup nest made of grass, mud, and twigs and built in a shrub or tree branch, 3 to 30 feet above the ground. Incubation ranges from 12 to 14 days and is carried out by the female.

Foraging and Feeding

Redwing: Eats insects, fruits, and berries. Hops on the ground to forage; also gleans food from branches and foliage.

Readily Eats

Raisins, Currants, Nut Meal

Vocalization

Redwing: Song is a loud fluid series of four to six notes, often descending and followed by a softer warble at the end. Calls include a high, thin "seeeeh", often given in flight, and a bold "kuck-kuck."

Similar Species

Redwing: Fieldfare has gray head, gray rump, rufous back, black tail, and white underparts with buff wash on throat and breast.

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Underparts

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

Upperparts

Back, rump, hindneck, wings, and crown.

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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