#0683 · 🐦 birds

Mistle Thrush

🇳🇱 Grote Lijster ·Turdus viscivorus

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands

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what is it?

The mistle thrush ( Turdus viscivorus ) is a bird common to much of Europe, Asia and North Africa. It is a year-round resident in much of its range, but northern and eastern populations migrate south for the winter, often in small flocks. It is a large thrush with pale grey-brown upperparts, a greyish-white chin and throat, and black spots on its pale yellow and off-white underparts. The sexes are similar in plumage, and its three subspecies show...

base stats

NL sightings 197iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 28,015iNaturalist observations
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).