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Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina [JF Gmelin, 1789]
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Order:
Passeriformes
Family:
Turdidae
BTO Codes:
,
EURING No:
11750
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:
Monotypic
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Length:
19 cm
Wingspan:
32 cm
Weight:
M/F: 47 g
Scientific name from:
Gr.: hule =woodland + kikhle =a thrush
and L.: mustela =a weasel
World Distribution:
BREEDS: e North America, WINTERS: Central America
Habitat:
Deciduous forest
Diet:
Mostly soil invertebrates, also fruit esp in winter
TitBit:
Declines in Wood Thrush populations have been linked to acid rain and forest fragmentation
Records and Distribution
First Record:
Isles of Scilly, 1987
(Dukes, P. 1995. British Birds 88:133-135)
Total Number of Records (1950-2007):
1
Summary of Records by Year
Most Likely to Occur in:
Too few records
Most Recent County Records:
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Wales:
BirdGuides and BBRC
Other Names
Gaelic:
Welsh:
Danish:
Plettet skovdrossel
Dutch:
Amerikaanse boslijster
Finnish:
Puurastas
French:
Grivette des bois
German:
Walddrossel
Hungarian:
Erdei rigó
Icelandic:
Trjáþröstur
Irish:
Italian:
Tordo boschereccio
Norwegian:
Mustelinaskogtrost
Polish:
Drozdek rudy
Portuguese:
Tordo-dos-bosques
Spanish:
Zorzal charlo americano
Swedish:
Fläckskogstrast
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See Also:
All About Birds (Cornell Lab of Ornithology)
Gough, G.A. et al. (1998) Patuxent Bird Identification Infocenter
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