#0744 · 🐦 birds

Ring Ouzel

🇳🇱 Beflijster ·Turdus torquatus

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands

7 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © William Stephens · CC BY 4.0
2. © Tomasz Wilk · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Davide Diana · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Maksymilian Wojtkiewicz · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Andrew · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Ani Sarkisyan · CC BY 4.0
7. © Maksymilian Wojtkiewicz · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The ring ouzel ( Turdus torquatus ) is a European member of the thrush family, Turdidae. It is the mountain equivalent of the closely related common blackbird, and breeds in gullies, rocky areas or scree slopes.

base stats

NL sightings 67iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 4,714iNaturalist observations
weight 7.4 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).