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Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus   [JF Gmelin, 1789]
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Order: Passeriformes Family: Turdidae
BTO Codes: , EYBTH EURING No: 11950
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: 23 cm Wingspan: 37 cm Weight: M/F: 73 g    
Scientific name from: L.: turdus=a thrush and L.: obscurus=dusky
World Distribution: BREEDS: E Asia, WINTERS: south to se Asia
Habitat: Dense coniferous or mixed woodland
Diet: Insects, snails, berries
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Records and Distribution
First Record: Northamptonshire, 1964 (Parslow, J.L.F. 1968. British Birds 61:218-223)
Total Number of Records (1950-2007): 18 Summary of Records by Year
Most Likely to Occur in: September/October
Most Recent County Records:
   Scotland: Angus & Dundee (1995), Clyde (1978), Northeast (1981), Outer Hebrides (2001), Orkney (1984), Shetland (1992),
   North-east England: East Yorkshire (1981),
   North-west England:
   English Midlands: Northamptonshire (1964),
   Eastern England:
   South-east England:
   South-west England: Isles of Scilly (1993),
   Wales: Caernarfonshire (1999),

Information provided by BirdGuides and BBRC
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Other Names
Gaelic: Welsh:
Danish: Gråstrubet drossel Dutch: Vale lijster
Finnish: Taigarastas French: Grive obscure
German: Weissbrauendrossel Hungarian: Halvány rigó
Icelandic: Gulþröstur Irish:
Italian: Tordo obscuro Norwegian: Gråstrupetrost
Polish: Drozd oliwkowy Portuguese: Tordo-escuro
Spanish: Zorzal rojigrís Swedish: Gråhalsad 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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