BREEDS: s Europe, Asia, ne Africa, WINTERS: w&n Africa, s Asia
Habitat:
Open rocky areas, open woodland
Diet:
Mostly invertebrates, also lizards and plant meterial
TitBit:
The first record of this bird for Britain was only uncovered when a corpse was sent to BTO HQ having been found dead near a lighthouse. It was noted the specimen "arrived safely, but had begun decay"
Records and Distribution
First Record:
Argyll, 1985
(Hume, R.A. 1995. British Birds 88:130-132)
Total Number of Records (1958-2004):
5
Summary of Records by Year
Most Likely to Occur in:
Too few records
Most Recent County Records:
Scotland:
Argyll
(1985),
North-east England:
No Records
North-west England:
No Records
English Midlands:
No Records
Eastern England:
Hertfordshire
,
South-east England:
No Records
South-west England:
Cornwall
(2000),
Isles of Scilly
(1999),
Wales:
No Records
Other Names
Gaelic:
Welsh:
Danish:
Blådrossel
Dutch:
Blauwe rotslijster
Finnish:
Sinirastas
French:
Merle bleu
German:
Blaumerle
Hungarian:
Kék kövirigó
Icelandic:
Bláþröstungur
Irish:
Italian:
Passero solitario
Norwegian:
Blåtrost
Polish:
Modrak
Portuguese:
Merlo-azul
Spanish:
Roquero solitario
Swedish:
Blåtrast
For More Information...
Books and Monographs:
No books written recently
See Also:
Wikipedia entry
Recent sightings and information from BirdGuides.com
These data should be cited as: Robinson, R.A. (2005) BirdFacts: profiles of birds occurring in Britain & Ireland (v1.22, Oct 2008). BTO Research Report 407, BTO, Thetford (http://www.bto.org/birdfacts)
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