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Red-throated Thrush Turdus ruficollis   [Pallas, 1776]
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Order: Passeriformes Family: Turdidae
BTO Codes: XC, BLATH EURING No: 11970
Number in Britain: Fewer than 20 records
Conservation Status:
UK: Not Assessed
European: Not a species of concern
Global: Least Concern
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Status in UK: (A)  Accidental
Subspecies: Monotypic
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Length: 25 cm Wingspan: 38 cm Weight: M/F: 90 g    
Scientific name from: L.: turdus=a thrush and L.: rufus=reddish + collus=neck
World Distribution: BREEDS: c&e Asia, WINTERS Indochina
Habitat: Open woodland
Diet: Invertebrates, also seeds and berries esp in winter
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Records and Distribution
First Record: East Sussex, 1868 (Smith, B. et al. 1999 British Birds 92:40-46)
Total Number of Records (1950-2007): 0 Summary of Records by Year
Most Likely to Occur in: October to December
Most Recent County Records:
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   Eastern England: Essex (1994),
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Other Names
Dark-throated Thrush
Gaelic: Welsh:
Danish: Taigadrossel Dutch: Roodkeellijster
Finnish: Mustakaularastas French: Grive à gorge rousse
German: Rotkehldrossel Hungarian: Tajgarigó
Icelandic: Góuþröstur Irish:
Italian: Tordo golanera Norwegian: Taigatrost
Polish: Drozd róznogardly Portuguese: Tordo-de-pago/-ruivo/-preto
Spanish: Zorzal papirrojo y papinegro Swedish: Taigatrast
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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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