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Mistle Thrush

Turdus viscivorus

Least Concern (IUCN Red List)Thrushes and Allies
Mistle Thrush, photographed by Giles Laurent

Photo: Giles Laurent · Wikimedia · CC-BY-SA 4.0 (licence)

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Call and song

About the Mistle Thrush

Rather large thrush, gray-brown above and whitish below with rather rounded dark spots; tail has small white corners, lacking in appreciably smaller Song Thrush. In flight, looks rather pale and grayish overall, especially when compared with dark brownish Song Thrush. Found in a variety of wooded habitats, including parks and moorland with hedges and taller trees. Often feeds on larger lawns and grassy verges, often well away from cover. Sweet and rich-sounding warbled song is similar to that of Eurasian Blackbird, and very unlike Song Thrush. Dry rattle calls are distinctive.

Species account: eBird.org, fetched 2025-12-26 · How these pages are made

Where it has been recorded

Recorded in 83 of the 253 countries we have eBird lists for. Each opens that country's checklist.

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