Status in UK:
(A) Scarce Breeder, Passage/Winter Visitor
Subspecies:
Monotypic
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Length:
26 cm
Wingspan:
40 cm
Weight:
M/F: 100 g
Scientific name from:
L.: turdus=a thrush
and L.: pilus=hair (from misreading of Gr.: trikhas=thrush and trikhos=hair
World Distribution:
BREEDS: n&c Eurasia, WINTERS: south to n Africa
Habitat:
Forest, woodland, towns
Diet:
Invertebrates and fruit (esp. in winter)
TitBit:
The fieldfare is particularly pugnacious in defending its nest against egg-thieves - often by bombarding them its faeces, smaller birds often nest close by to benefit from some extra protection
Population and Distribution
Population Trend:
No population trend available
Distribution:
No distribution maps available
British Population Size:
Winter:
680 thousand individuals
in 1981-84
Note: Best estimate
Summer:
1 to 4 pairs
in 1998-02
First Record:
11th Century
[Fossil evidence from
First Breeding Record:
Orkney 1967
Conservation Status: RED
because
Recent Breeding Population Decline (1969-2007),
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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