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Drozdovye, genus Drozdy. Biological group - harmful birds.

Females and males have the same coloration, in which there are white, black, gray-bluish and reddish shades. The body is 25-28 cm long, the wing length is 15 cm, and the weight is about 100 g. Here it is, fieldfare thrush. The photo shows it well.

Prefers to live on the edges of deciduous and coniferous forests, near floodplain thickets, in city parks, gardens and home gardens. Distributed almost everywhere. The most fearless of all thrushes.

The bird is omnivorous. In spring and summer it feeds mainly on insects, worms, snails, in winter and autumn - berries, fruits, seeds. It can feed both on trees and on the ground.

In winter, these thrushes give special preference to mountain ash. No wonder they were called that. With a plentiful harvest, birds can linger in one place for a long time until they have eaten all the berries. Thrush fieldfare - the main distributor of seeds of these plants. Having been in gastrointestinal tract birds, seeds do not lose their germination.

A flock, flying into a rowan tree, disperses over it. Picking and swallowing berries, birds clean the tree of fruits relatively evenly. Some of the berries fall to the ground, and they are not too lazy to go down to pick up the dropped ones. Then on the snow (if it lies) their traces are clearly visible. By the way, fieldfare has the largest footprints of all thrushes.

Thrush fieldfare is a migratory, nomadic, flocking bird. Breeds in colonies of up to 30 pairs. Nests - deep strong bowls, twisted from thin twigs, grass and fixed with clay soil. They are built in the forks of thick branches of trees and shrubs, at different heights.

Sometimes colonies are ruined by crows, jays, magpies. But the fieldfare is not idle, they protect their nests, "shelling" the enemies with droppings. This is a serious weapon, since the pollution is so strong that birds with glued feathers cannot fly. People who ended up in a colony can also get it.

During the summer period, the female lays eggs twice. In the clutch there are from 4 to 7 eggs of an interesting color - greenish with brown patches. The male guards the nest and the female. The chicks are fed together. The chicks spend the first 12-14 days in the nest, then fly out of it, but they are completely unprepared for independent life. Parents continue to take care of them, feed them, teach them to fly.

Juveniles gather in flocks and roam, looking for places to feed. Later, second broods join their ranks. By autumn, large flocks are formed, which include both young and adult birds.

Thrush fieldfare can harm berry plantations, including garden strawberries. They eat some of the berries, but peck a much larger amount. Damage currants, blueberries, gooseberries, raspberries, sea buckthorn, juniper, viburnum, cranberries, cherries, pears, apples. These birds cause great harm to nurseries engaged in breeding especially valuable and new varieties of fruit and berry crops. In some states, even the shooting of thrushes is allowed in a certain period of the year.

The singing of a thrush is unpleasant, crackling, chirring. Because of these sounds, the bird is not suitable for keeping at home.

Thrush is a well-known singer and berry thief, which, although it is a purely forest bird, is already so accustomed to humans that it gladly arranges its popular concerts in urban green areas. His song is especially good in quiet evenings or in the morning.

In spring or early summer, singing can be heard at night. In the virtuoso singing of a bird, experts single out up to 20 knees (more than that of a nightingale). With the advent of chicks, the thrush sings little, but more tenderly. The bird often reminds its relatives of its presence with characteristic sounds: “tax-tax”.

Pictures: The male thrush is black. The female and young thrushes are brown-speckled.

In Russia, there are about two dozen species representing the thrush family, among which the blackbird stands out. The male of this species is distinguished by matte jet black plumage, a yellow-orange beak and characteristic eye rings. Young, only fledged birds and females are distinguished by brown plumage and a light breast (young ones have streaks). The thrush has a very mobile tail, the twitching of which indicates a state of alarm.

Drozd - migrant. Departure for wintering is extended in time, so it happens imperceptibly. Birds usually arrive alone or in small flocks. They fly to warmer climes in September, but in years rich in berries - much later. Nests are arranged on the ground, trees, stumps. Sometimes in hollows, roots of fallen trees, heaps of brushwood. At the same time, the nest is well hidden from predators. Female 1 - 2 times a year incubates 3 - 7 eggs. Due to its coloring, the bird in the nest is invisible. The male periodically briefly replaces the female on the clutch. After two weeks, helpless chicks appear, which their parents feed on berries and insects. If you're lucky, the thrush proudly brings worms, molluscs, slugs, ants, and even lizards and frogs into the nest.

A photo. White Thrush.

Whitebird (Siberian) is common in Siberia and on the islands of Sakhalin, Honshu and Hokkaido. The timid bird lives in moist coniferous and mixed forests. The song of the whitebird is a two-syllable whistle and a quiet, gentle chirping. It usually nests in mountain forests and taiga plains. Nests are built in trees or bushes. In the clutch - up to 6 eggs of a bluish color with streaks.

A photo. Thrush nest.

A photo. Thrushes.

Video where you can listen to the song of the thrush bird.

View: Thrush - Turdus
Family: Thrush
Squad: passeriformes
Class: Birds
Type: chordates
Subtype: Vertebrates
Dimensions:
The length of the bird is about 23 cm
Weight - no more than 90 grams
Lifespan: up to 15 years

We all love nightingale trills. This is sweet music, immersing us in romantic memories. But if you heard how thrushes sing (just a line from a song), you would fall in love with the repertoire of this vociferous feathered singer. Still would. Thrush can outshine, for which they call him a forest nightingale.

Habitat

Thrush bird, you will find a photo and description of this bird further in the article, it lives in Asia, Europe and America.

The birds are heat-loving, that is, migratory, so they prefer to spend the winter in southern latitudes.

Interesting! In the second half of the 19th century, thrushes were brought to Australia. They liked it there so much that they decided to occupy New Zealand as well. So these birds are not now except in cold Antarctica and hot Africa.

Characteristic

More than 60 species of thrushes are known in nature. Here are some of them:

  • blackbird
  • Fieldfare
  • Belobrovik
  • song thrush
  • Misery
  • red thrush
  • black-throated thrush
  • white-throated thrush
  • Pale Thrush
  • brown thrush
  • olive thrush
  • Siberian thrush
  • red-throated thrush
  • golden thrush
  • Blue Thrush and others

Interesting! The song repertoire of the thrush includes more than 85 trills. This means that such singing cannot get bored or bored. Some lovers of these songbirds even record singing on a voice recorder, so that they can meditate and relax to these sounds.

Blackbird, redwing, song thrush, fieldfare thrush are omnivorous birds. There are bugs and worms - she will eat them. No - will eat berries, fruits, seeds

Appearance

What a thrush bird looks like - the photo will show the differences in the color of different birds: blue or motley thrush, black or singing. After all, each subspecies has its own distinctive features.

  • females redwing paler than males. And those have a brownish plumage with a green tint on the back and dark spots below. The wings (lower feathers) and the breast on the sides are cast with rust. The name of the variety was given by a strip located above the eye - it is light yellow with a whitish tinge.
  • song thrush can be recognized by the chocolate or grayish tail, head (top) and back, white tummy and yellowish sides. The breast of the song thrush seems to be dotted with brown strokes.
  • blackbird - a bird whose photo is known, for sure, not to many. The male looks like a jackdaw, the same black, only the plumage is not glossy, but matte, and the beak is bright yellow, even orange. But in size it is twice as small as a jackdaw and exactly the same number of times larger than a sparrow. The female is not black, but dark gray, there are spots on the back.
  • Thrush fieldfare has a white belly and lower feathers on the wings, a dark brown back and brownish-black tail and wings. The sides and chest are variegated.
  • white-throated thrush similar to black - also black plumage, but there is a white stripe on the chest, which distinguishes this variety.
  • At pied thrush gray-blue head, orange belly and tail, white stripe on the back. And in winter, the bird loses its orange color and becomes gray. Females of the Spotted Thrush are similar to males in winter (gray): they have a white neck and a gray head with a brown tint.
  • Deryaba. He has a white belly with spots, white lower wings, brown and gray back. The tail is long. Females are surprisingly similar to males, that is, there is no sexual dimorphism.
  • Bluebird has a grayish-blue plumage, black tail and wings. The female is of a different color - it is brown with variegated patches.

These are just some of the varieties of thrushes that are most common in our latitudes.

Key Features

The song thrush eats mainly on the ground and moves in leaps: crouched - jumped, crouched again - jumped again. When he stops, he tilts his little head thoughtfully to one side, listening to see if the enemy is coming. But in fact, in this way he is trying to see where the worm or insect is located - his eyes are not in front, but on the sides of his head.

Nutrition

The diet of thrushes consists of butterflies, earthworms, caterpillars, and insects. However, it depends on the time of year. Yes, in the spring earthworms, in summer - caterpillars, closer to autumn - seeds and fruits. Some species (white-throated thrush) also eat snails, mollusks, insect larvae, thus helping to rid plants and trees of pests.

Interestingly thrushes eat snails. They pinch a shell with their beak and beat it on a stone. Ornithologists from the remains of shells near the stones understand that there is a nesting place for a thrush nearby.

Nesting

Thrushes prefer to avoid dark places for nests, and therefore they build them in the form of a bowl in bushes on the edge or near a forest clearing. During the year, the female rushes up to five times 4 - 5 eggs. Two weeks later, chicks emerge from the eggs. Both parents take part in the upbringing and feeding of the chicks.

Interesting! Thrushes are very brave creatures. They rush at enemies if they encroach on their nests and offspring. However, if the enemy is large or stubborn, the female or male pretends to be hit and, limping, hobbles away, luring the enemy away from home.

With the onset of cold weather, thrushes gather in large flocks and go to winter in the south.

Thrushes, like nightingales, are often caught and kept in cages. Someone - in order to listen to the singing. It happens that a chick or a downed bird is found. After feeding or treatment, they can no longer return to their natural environment, and they remain to live with a person. These birds are being bred.

Fishing is best in spring, when tired and hungry thrushes return home from the south, and before they build their nests. Each ornithologist has his own tricks, but they consist in feeding: prepare worms, insects, ant eggs. Then, when the thrush realizes that there is food in this place, you can put a cache.

Advice: keep in mind - you won’t catch a thrush at once, you will have to wait a year. Thrushes are very distrustful and remember a dangerous place well.

And here is the thrush caught. The cage should be wooden so that the bird does not get hurt, and covered with fabric - also for safety. The size of the cage is 40x80x55 cm (approximately). Do not forget to install a drinker, perch and feeder. After a month, the thrush can be moved to a permanent home.

The permanent habitat should be rectangular and practically deaf: the front side is latticed, all other sides are deaf. So the bird will feel calmer and begin to sing earlier.

Thrushes need to be fed twice a day with food for insectivorous birds or mealy worms (up to 10 pieces per day), ant eggs, earthworms (5 pieces per day). You can prepare a nightingale mixture: grated carrots, chopped white crackers, cottage cheese and boiled eggs. Vegetables, fruits, fruits - give as a supplement.

At good attitude after two months you can hear uncertain singing. Do not make noise, and after the end of the song, feed the artist in gratitude. In this way, you can win the favor of the singer.

For those who have not yet heard the singing of thrushes, we offer you to listen to one of the incredibly beautiful arias.

Thrush (lat. Turdus)- a bird that belongs to the order of passerines. The thrush family includes 62 species, about 20 species are found on the territory of Russia. The most common is the song thrush, its weight reaches 55-100 grams, body length is 21-25 cm. The back and tail are painted chocolate brown with silvery stains. The belly is white, the sides are variegated. The chest is yellowish, with dark brown spots, the area under the wings is reddish. In young, the color is duller, sexual dimorphism is not expressed.

photo: Song Thrush. It is he who has the most beautiful vocal among blackbirds.

The redwing thrush is smaller, its mass rarely exceeds 60 grams. The back is colored olive-brown, the area under the wings and sides of the chest is reddish, above the eyes there are “eyebrows”, pigmented in whitish-yellow, which is why the bird got its name.


photo: Blackwing thrush

The blackbird is completely black, the beak is bright orange.


photo: Blackbird. He is also a good vocalist.

The white-throated thrush is very similar to the blackbird, but has a distinct white stripe on the chest, and the beak is pigmented orange.


photo: white-throated thrush

Fieldfare, red thrush, mistletoe, red-throated, gray-gray, olive, Siberian, golden and other species are also common. You can see what different types of thrushes look like in the video below.

Distribution, feeding, nesting of thrushes

Thrushes mainly feed on various caterpillars, butterflies, insects, earthworms. They can also peck at ripe berries and fruits on trees.


photo: Blackbird with prey

By feeding the chicks, representatives of this species destroy many insects: every day they have to fly in search of food for their offspring 200 or more times.


photo: Song Thrush feeding chicks

Thrush nests can be seen on trees, shrubs, stumps, often near a forest clearing or on the edge, birds avoid dark places. The bird's nest itself is built in the form of a bowl of thin twigs, roots, leaves, pieces of moss, it is plastered with clay from the inside. Basically, females make two clutches per year: 5-6 and 4-5 eggs, respectively, incubate the chicks for 13-15 days. Both parents feed the offspring.


photo: Song thrush in a spacious cage

At home, it is recommended to keep thrushes in large cages, from 70 cm long. Equip them with a house, perches, drinking bowls, and toys. You can give the birds soft food, grated vegetables, cottage cheese, berries, fruits, cereals, bread, flour and other worms. In captivity, they also breed, but in enclosures.

  • These birds move in an interesting way: jumping, slightly crouching;
  • Distributed in Europe, America, Asia, fly south in flocks for the winter;
  • The most popular species for breeding are: songbird and blackbird - such individuals have beautiful voices, they were even nicknamed "forest nightingales";
  • To drive enemies away from the nest, thrushes attack them. If the tactic does not work, then the bird pretends to be sick and lame and takes the predator away from the nesting place;
  • Thrushes are bold but cautious birds. Once deceived, an individual will never again fall into the same trap.

see photo different types thrushes and listen to the voice of the song thrush

Thrushes are small birds from the order of passerines, widespread in Eurasia and America. Thrushes are not afraid of frosts, therefore they arrive at nesting sites very early, fly away later than other bird species, and with an abundance of food they remain to winter in temperate latitudes. These are songbirds, and black and song thrushes are considered unsurpassed singers.

Birds nest in separate pairs or colonies; depending on the weather, they can lay 2 clutches. There are from 3 to 7 chicks in a brood. Thrushes feed on various insects, spiders and worms; during the harvest period they will not give up fruits and berries. On the ground they move in steps or jumps, tail held high.

In the photo, thrushes look very different: the genus of real thrushes is part of the thrush family and forms 62 species of birds with the most diverse plumage color.

A bird known for its measured, melodic singing, where low trills and sonorous whistles are interspersed with onomatopoeia of other birds.

The size of the song thrush is from 21 to 25 cm and weighs 55 - 100 g. The back, tail and crown of the birds are chocolate brown with a gray coating. The white belly and yellowish chest are strewn with well-defined brown streaks. Males and females of the species look the same.

The song thrush is widespread in most countries of Europe, in Asia Minor and Siberia. Birds settle in a wide variety of biotopes, but prefer forests and forest-steppes with a predominance of spruce, fir and juniper.

Insects form the basis of blackbird nutrition; fruits and berries appear in the diet in autumn.

Males arrive first at the nesting sites. The pair is formed after the mating ritual, when the male with ruffled feathers jumps around the female, and she answers him with a similar dance. The nest is built on small fir trees, up to 3 m above the ground and is a neat bowl of dry grass and moss, firmly stuck together with the ground. Unlike other species, song thrushes carefully “plaster” nests from the inside with clay and dust, richly smeared with saliva, and do not line the tray with bedding. Their eggs are distinguished by a bright blue color with a rare speck. There are from 3 to 6 eggs in the nest, some pairs bring offspring 2 times per season.

The song thrush is much easier to hear by its distinctive voice than it is to see it.
Song thrush in autumn bushes.
A song thrush sings on a tree branch.

Misery

This is a large thrush, up to 27 cm long and weighing about 140 g. In appearance, the mist looks like the same motley song thrush. The back of the birds is painted gray-brown, the belly is white with bright brown streaks, and the underwings are also white. Females and males are colored the same.

Mistlets build nests high above the ground, in the forks of thick boughs. In the clutch there are from 4 to 6 light eggs, which incubate for 14 days. After another 2 weeks, the chicks fully fledge, but for some time they feed at the expense of their parents.





A bird known as the white-browed thrush, hazel thrush and simply white-browed. Representatives of the species are easily distinguished by their wide pale yellow "eyebrows", which are especially noticeable in the photo of the redwing thrush.

The range of the species covers Northern Europe and Asia; for wintering, birds fly south to Africa.

The length of the redwing is about 22 cm with a body weight of up to 60 g. The back of the birds is olive-brown with streaks. The belly is lighter, the lower wing coverts and the lateral surfaces of the breast are painted in a rusty-red color.

Whitebrows settle in light deciduous forests with a predominance of birch and spruce woodlands, they avoid dense old forests. The diet of birds includes insects and earthworms.

Whitebrow nests are always located close to the ground, on the lower branches of shrubs, in grass thickets and rotten stumps. On a solid foundation, the nest looks solid and massive, graceful on a bush, hastily built on the ground. There are from 3 to 6 eggs in the tray, the second laying is usually less. Parents feed offspring by throwing whole bunches of earthworms into the nest. The chicks are very mobile and 10 - 12 days after hatching they are already running around the ground quickly under the supervision of their parents.



This bird is about 22 cm in size and has a wing length of 12 cm. The male can be recognized by its bluish-gray back, lighter belly and brownish legs. Females and juveniles are distinguished by an olive-brown color with rufous flanks, a light belly, a mottled throat, and bright yellow-orange legs and underwings.

Monochromatic thrushes live in a vast area of ​​South Asia from Nepal to Pakistan and make seasonal migrations to Central Europe.

Bird nests are arranged on trees, in the clutch there are 3 - 4 pale green eggs with small specks.


Birds are famous for their charming melodic vocals, reminiscent of the sounds of a sad flute that can be heard at dawn and dusk.

Blackbird - large bird, its length together with the tail is about 26 cm with a body weight of up to 125 g. Males are distinguished by a completely black plumage color, a yellow-orange beak and a ring around the eyes. Females and young specimens are brown, dark-tailed, with a light throat and belly.

Blackbirds are widespread in Europe, in the European part of Russia and in the Caucasus. Birds inhabit both deciduous and coniferous forests, as well as urban gardens and parks. They feed on insects, earthworms, eat berries and plant seeds with pleasure.

Nests are built high in trees or practically on the ground, urban dwellers can nest in a flower box on a balcony or in a garden bucket. The clutch contains from 4 to 7 greenish-blue eggs covered with brown spots and strokes.




Blackbird Dinner.

This is a typical inhabitant of the countries of South America from Uruguay to Bolivia, as well as the official symbol of Brazil. Red-bellied thrushes winter in the tropics, and with the onset of heat they migrate to temperate latitudes.

The body length of the birds is about 25 cm. Females and males are painted in the same brown color with a rusty-red belly and a white throat. The beak of the birds is yellow, some individuals have yellow circles around the eyes.

The diet of red-bellied thrushes includes insects and worms in equal measure, as well as the fruits of many tropical plants. Eating guava, papaya, cherries and oranges, birds spit out undigested seeds, thereby spreading fruit plants.

Nests are located at a height of up to 4.5 m above the ground, the clutch consists of 2-6 light speckled eggs, incubation lasts about 13 days.










These birds live and nest throughout the area. North America and are habitual inhabitants of gardens and parks. Individual representatives of the species are sometimes noted in European countries.

The size of adult birds is 20 - 28 cm with a body weight of about 77 g. The head, back, tail and top of the wings are painted black or dark gray. The belly and chest are red-orange, the throat is white. The eyes are outlined with a broken white ring, which is clearly visible in the photo of the thrush.

During the breeding season, the basis of the diet is made up of all kinds of beetles, ants and butterflies. In autumn, sumac berries, cherries, blueberries, raspberries, and blackberries predominate.

For nests, birds choose forks of trees, dense shrubs or niches of buildings located no higher than 7 m above the ground. In clutch there are from 3 to 6 pure blue eggs. Depending on the weather, a couple can bring offspring 3 times per season.



Fieldfare

One of the most common species of thrushes, whose range extends across all countries of Europe, Central Asia and North Africa.

The color of the fieldfare is variegated: the head and uppertail are gray, the back is brown, the underwings and belly are white, the chest is strewn with bright streaks. This is a large thrush with a body length of 25 - 28 cm and a weight of up to 130 g.

Unlike most relatives, fieldfare do not nest alone, but in colonies of 30-40 pairs, arranging nests on the edges of forests and in park areas. The clutch contains 4 to 7 pale green eggs in a brown spot. During the season, the couple manages to breed offspring 2 times.

The birds got their name due to the collective eating of mature mountain ash. Representatives of the species are quite warlike and, protecting themselves or their offspring, throw stones from a height at people and animals or plentifully bombard uninvited guests with droppings.




Thrush fieldfare on a mountain ash.
Thrushes fieldfare on a mountain ash.
Thrush fieldfare extracts mountain ash.
Fieldfare thrushes feed on mountain ash in winter.
Thrushes fieldfare with a rowan berry in its beak.

To date, most species of thrushes are quite numerous and the state of their populations does not cause concern.

 

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