#0618 · 🐦 birds
Redwing
🇳🇱 Koperwiek ·Turdus iliacus
📍 's-Gravenland, Capelle aan den IJssel, Nederland
📍 's-Gravenland, Capelle aan den IJssel, Nederland
📍 9852 Warfstermolen, Niederlande
📍 Nationaal Park Duinen van Texel, De Cocksdorp, Netherlands
📍 1775 Middenmeer, Netherlands
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Aleksey Levashkin · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Paul Cools · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Ján Svetlík · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 4. © Ksenia Pushkareva · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. © Pedro Aphalo · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 6. 's-Gravenland, Capelle aan den IJssel, Nederland:© Paul G. Schrijvershof · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 7. 's-Gravenland, Capelle aan den IJssel, Nederland:© Paul G. Schrijvershof · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 8. 9852 Warfstermolen, Niederlande:© Christoph Moning · CC BY 4.0
- 9. Nationaal Park Duinen van Texel, De Cocksdorp, Netherlands:© markusgmeiner · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. 1775 Middenmeer, Netherlands:© thegreatdodo · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
The redwing ( Turdus iliacus ) is a bird in the thrush family, Turdidae, native to Europe and Asia, slightly smaller than the related song thrush.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- Spotted 551 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 29,457 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Weighs only about 62 g.
- Scientifically named in 1766 (260 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Redwing
- Nederlands
- Koperwiek
- scientific name
- Turdus iliacus
- class
- Aves
- order
- Passeriformes
- family
- Turdidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 551
- sightings in Europe
- 21,963
- sightings worldwide
- 29,457
- GBIF records in NL
- 170,677
- weight
- 62 g
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1766
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Turdidae
#0543 📷 7Eurasian Blackbird
🇳🇱 Merel
Turdus merula
LC 👀 3.9k in NL
#0582 📷 8Song Thrush
🇳🇱 Zanglijster
Turdus philomelos
LC 👀 1.4k in NL
#0630 📷 10Fieldfare
🇳🇱 Kramsvogel
Turdus pilaris
LC 👀 428 in NL
#0683 📷 8Mistle Thrush
🇳🇱 Grote Lijster
Turdus viscivorus
LC 👀 197 in NL
#0744 📷 7Ring Ouzel
🇳🇱 Beflijster
Turdus torquatus
LC 👀 67 in NL
#0841 📷 10Black-throated Thrush
🇳🇱 Zwartkeellijster
Turdus atrogularis
LC 👀 12 in NL
#1017 📷 10American Robin
🇳🇱 Roodborstlijster
Turdus migratorius
LC 🌍 474.3k seen
#1264 📷 9Eastern Bluebird
🇳🇱 Roodkeelsialia
Sialia sialis
LC 🌍 158.4k seen
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 12749, Wikidata Q184825, GBIF 2490781, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.