Song Thrush
Turdus philomelos· 鸫科(2 photos)
Song Thrush
23 cm. Small neat thrush; underparts whitish, washed buff, with dark arrow-streaks; legs pale flesh-coloured. Immature: mantle speckled buff. Singles, pairs, autumn flocks: forages on lawns in bouncing hops, short runs. Noisily smashes shells of garden snails on rocks. Flight slipping; note buff wing lining.
- Voice
- clear, fragmented song, described as: 'How-d'ye-do? Bo-peep, bo-peep; Judy; Judy; pretty Dick'; mimics; scolding chatter; quiet 'sip'.
- Habitat
- parks, gardens, woodlands, forests, thickets.
- Breeding
- Sept.-Dec.
- Nest
- bowl of grasses, roots; smoothed inside with mud, horse-manure, wood-pulp; in dense bush, creeper against wall, bank.
- Eggs
- 3-5; pale blue, black.
- Range & Status
- native to Europe, n. Africa, w. Asia: introduced Melbourne 1860s; later (unsuccessfully) elsewhere. Patchy Dandenong Ras.-Mt Macedon, Melbourne and suburbs; Mornington Pen.; Geelong-Lorne. Local. Also introduced Lord Howe, Norfolk Is., NZ.
- Distribution key to races
- 1. Turdus philomelos clarkei
