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345 Fieldfare
Fieldfare. Adult. Male (09-I). Song Thrush
FIELDFARE (Turdus pilaris)
IDENTIFICATION
25-26 cm. Grey head; red-brown back; grey
rump and dark tail; pale underparts; pale flanks
spotted black; white underwing coverts; yellow
bill with ochre tip.
Redwing
Fieldfare. Pattern of
head, underwing co-
verts and flank.
SIMILAR SPECIES
Song Thrush has or ange under wing cover ts;
Redwing has r eddish under wing cover ts;
Mistle Thrush has white under wing cover ts,
but lacks pale supercilium and its rump isn’t
grey.
Mistle Thrush
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SEXING
Male with dar k or black tail feather s; r ed-
dish feathers on back with blackish center; most
have a broad mark on crown feathers. Female
with dark brown tail feathers but not black; dull
reddish feathers on back with dark centre (but
not blackish); most have a thin mark on crown
feathers. CAUTION: some birds of both sexes
have similar pattern on crown feathers.
Fieldfare. Sexing. Pattern of tail: left male; right fe-
male.
Fieldfare.
Sexing. Pat- AGEING
tern of Since this species doesn’t breed in Aragon, only
crown feat- 2 age groups can be recognized:
hers: top 1st year autumn/2nd year spring with moult
male; bot- limit within moulted chestnut inner greater co-
tom female. verts and retained juvenile outer greater coverts,
shorter and duller with traces of white tips;
pointed tail feathers. CAUTION: pattern of whi-
te tip of juvenile greater coverts is very variable.
Adult without moult limits on wing cover ts;
rounded tail feathers.
Fieldfare. Sexing. Pattern of upperparts: left male; Fieldfare. Ageing. Pattern of tips of tail feathers: left
right female. adult; right 1st year.
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345 Fieldfare
Fieldfare.
Extent of
postjuve
nile
moult.
PHENOLOGY
I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII
STATUS IN ARAGON
Wintering species, widely distributed
throughout the Region, mainly in places with
open trees.
Fieldfare. Male. Ageing. Moult limit on wing co-
verts: top adult; bottom 1st year.
Fieldfare. Adult. Female (05-XII).
Fieldfare. Female. Ageing. Moult limit on wing co-
verts: top adult; bottom 1st year.
MOULT
Complete postbreeding moult, finished in Sep-
tember. Partial postjuvenile moult involving
body feathers, lesser and median wing coverts
and a variable number of inner greater coverts;
rarely some birds change tertials and exceptio-
nally some tail feathers; usually finished bet-
ween July and October. Fieldfare. 1st year. Male ().
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345 Fieldfare
Fieldfare. Adult. Crown pattern: left male (); right
female (05-XII).
Fieldfare. 2nd year. female (09-I).
Fieldfare.
Adult. Head
pattern: top
male (09-I);
bottom fe-
male (05-
XII).
Fieldfare. 2nd year. Crown pattern: left male (); right
female (09-I).
Fieldfare.
Adult. Pat-
tern of crown
Fieldfare. feathers: top
2nd year. male (09-I);
Head pattern: bottom fe-
top male (); male (05-
bottom fe- XII).
male (09-I).
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Fieldfare.
2nd year.
Pattern of
crown feat-
hers: top
male (); bot-
tom female
(09-I).
Fieldfare. Adult. Upperpart pattern: left male (09-I);
right female (05-XII).
Fieldfare. Adult. Breast pattern: left male (09-I);
right female (05-XII).
Fieldfare. 2nd year. Upperpart pattern: left male ();
right female (09-I).
Fieldfare. 2nd year. Breast pattern: left male (); right
female (09-I).
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345 Fieldfare
Fieldfare. Adult. Female: pattern of wing (05-XII).
Fieldfare. Adult. Tail pattern: left male (09-I); right
female (05-XII).
Fieldfare. 1st year. Male: pattern of wing ().
Fieldfare. 2nd year. Tail pattern: left male (); right
female (09-I).
Fieldfare. 2nd year. Female: pattern of wing (09-I).
Fieldfare. Adult. Male: pattern of wing (09-I).
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