Song thrush
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(Turdus philomelos)
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The song thrush has a brown head, back and wings, and a cream breast covered in dark brown spots. It is slightly smaller than a blackbird and has more prominent breast spots than a female blackbird, which tends to have streaks on its brown breast. Its numbers have declined in the UK in recent years.
Diet: Worms, snails, caterpillars, fruit
Origin: Native
UK conservation status: Red
IUCN conservation status: Least Concern
References
1 Anon (n.d.) ‘Song thrush photo’. [online] Available from: https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/01/24/00/23800632-0-image-a-94_1579825239866.jpg (Accessed 24 May 2020)
2 Anon (n.d.) ‘Song Thrush Bird Facts | Turdus Philomelos - The RSPB’. [online] Available from: https://www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildlife/wildlife-guides/bird-a-z/song-thrush/ (Accessed 25 May 2020)
3 Anon (n.d.) ‘Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos) - Woodland Trust’. [online] Available from: https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/trees-woods-and-wildlife/animals/birds/song-thrush/ (Accessed 25 May 2020)
4 IUCN (n.d.) ‘Turdus philomelos (Song Thrush)’. [online] Available from: https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22708822/132076619 (Accessed 25 May 2020)
