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Siberian Thrush Zoothera sibirica   [Pallas, 1776]
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Order: Passeriformes Family: Turdidae
BTO Codes: , SIBTH EURING No: 11710
Number in Britain: Fewer than 20 records
Conservation Status:
UK: Not Assessed
European: Not evaluated
Global: Least Concern
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Status in UK: (A)  Accidental
Subspecies: undetermined recorded in Britain (of 2 subsp. in the world)
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Length: 22 cm Wingspan: 35 cm Weight: -    
Scientific name from: Gr.: zoon=an animal + thera=a hunter and after Siberia, Russia
World Distribution: BREEDS: E Asia, WINTERS: south to se Asia
Habitat: Forest undergrowth
Diet: Invertebrates, esp worms, and fruit
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Records and Distribution
First Record: Isle of May, 1954 (Andrew, D.G. et al. 1955. British Birds 48:21-25)
Total Number of Records (1950-2007): 5 Summary of Records by Year
Most Likely to Occur in: Too few records
Most Recent County Records:
   Scotland: Fife (1954), Orkney (1992), Shetland (2007),
   North-east England:
   North-west England:
   English Midlands:
   Eastern England: Norfolk (1994),
   South-east England:
   South-west England: Isles of Scilly (1999),
   Wales:

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Other Names
Gaelic: Welsh:
Danish: Sibirisk drossel Dutch: Siberische lijster
Finnish: Siperianrastas French: Merle sibérien
German: Schieferdrossel Hungarian: Szibériai rogó
Icelandic: Apalţröstur Irish: Smólach Sibéarach
Italian: Tordo siberiano Norwegian: Sibirtrost
Polish: Drozdon ciemny Portuguese: Melro da Siberia
Spanish: Zorzal siberiano Swedish: Sibirisk trast
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These data should be cited as:
Robinson, R.A. (2005) BirdFacts: profiles of birds occurring in Britain & Ireland (v1.24, June 2009). BTO Research Report 407, BTO, Thetford (http://www.bto.org/birdfacts)

 

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