Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina [JF Gmelin, 1789] |
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Order:
Passeriformes
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Family: Turdidae |
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BTO Codes:
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EURING No: 11750 | |
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Number in Britain:
Fewer than 20 records
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Conservation Status:
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Status in UK:
(A) Accidental
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Subspecies:
Monotypic
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Length:
19 cm
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Wingspan: 32 cm |
Weight:
M/F: 47 g
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Scientific name from:
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Gr.: hule=woodland + kikhle=a thrush and L.: mustela=a weasel |
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World Distribution:
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BREEDS: e North America, WINTERS: Central America |
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Habitat:
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Deciduous forest |
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Diet:
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Mostly soil invertebrates, also fruit esp in winter |
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TitBit:
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Declines in Wood Thrush populations have been linked to acid rain and forest fragmentation. |
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Records and Distribution |
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First Record:
Isles of Scilly, 1987
(Dukes, P. 1995. British Birds 88:133-135)
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Total Number of Records (1950-2007):
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Most Likely to Occur in:
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South-west England:
Isles of Scilly
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Information provided by BirdGuides and BBRC |
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Other Names |
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| 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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Wikipedia entry
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BirdLife species page
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Recent sightings and information from BirdGuides
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All About Birds (Cornell Lab of Ornithology)
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Gough, G.A. et al. (1998) Patuxent Bird Identification Infocenter
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