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Fieldfare

🇳🇱 Kramsvogel ·Turdus pilaris

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands
Fieldfare, photo 1 of 10
1/10 © Михаил Голомысов · CC BY 4.0

what is it?

The fieldfare ( Turdus pilaris ) is a member of the thrush family Turdidae. It breeds in woodland and scrub in northern Europe and Asia. It is strongly migratory, with many northern birds moving south during the winter. It is a very rare breeder in the British Isles, but winters in large numbers in the United Kingdom, Southern Europe, North Africa and the Middle East. It is omnivorous, eating a wide range of molluscs, insects and earthworms in...

base stats

  • NL sightings 428iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 105,202iNaturalist observations
  • weight 105 gadult, up to
  • threat LCleast concern

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 428 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
  • 105,202 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
  • Weighs only about 105 g.
  • Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).

fact sheet

English
Fieldfare
Nederlands
Kramsvogel
scientific name
Turdus pilaris
class
Aves
order
Passeriformes
family
Turdidae
IUCN Red List
LC · least concern
sightings in NL
428
sightings in Europe
79,260
sightings worldwide
105,202
GBIF records in NL
110,667
weight
105 g
length
—
lifespan
—
named
1758

IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.

relatives· Turdidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 12707, Wikidata Q25777, GBIF 2490737, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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