Wood Thrush
Introduction
In common with many North American migratory woodland birds, this species – which resembles a bright well-marked Song Thrush – is declining markedly so is likely to remain an extremely rare visitor to Britain.
Wood Thrush was added to the British List following the sighting of an individual on St Agnes, Isles of Scilly, in October 1987.
Key Stats
Status and Trends
Conservation Status
Population Size
Population Change
Population trends of this scarce species are not routinely monitored.
Distribution
This vagrant is too rarely reported to map distribution.
Distribution Change
This vagrant is too rarely reported to map distribution change.
Seasonality
This species has been too rarely reported to BirdTrack during 2011–22 to properly assess seasonality.
Movement
Britain & Ireland movement
Biology
Survival and Longevity
Survival is shown as the proportion of birds surviving from one year to the next and is derived from bird ringing data. It can also be used to estimate how long birds typically live.
Classification, names and codes
Classification and Codes
- Order: Passeriformes
- Family: Turdidae
- Scientific name: Hylocichla mustelina
- Authority: JF Gmelin, 1789
- Euring code number: 11750
Alternate species names
- Catalan: tord boscà
- Czech: drozd lesní
- Danish: Plettet Skovdrossel
- Dutch: Amerikaanse Boslijster
- Estonian: täpikrästas
- Finnish: täplärastas
- French: Grive des bois
- German: Walddrossel
- Hungarian: erdei fülemülerigó
- Icelandic: Trjáþröstur
- Italian: Tordo dei boschi
- Latvian: lasainais strazds
- Lithuanian: amerikinis miškinis strazdas
- Norwegian: Flekkskogtrost
- Polish: drozdek rudy
- Portuguese: tordo-dos-bosques
- Slovak: drozd hrdzavochvostý
- Slovenian: gozdni cikovtnik
- Spanish: Zorzalito maculado
- Swedish: fläckskogstrast
