Varied Thrush

Ixoreus naevius (JF Gmelin, 1789) VT 11720
Family: Passeriformes > Turdidae

A large thrush, with striking orange and black plumage, that breeds in the coastal redwood forests of western Canada and Alaska.

Varied Thrush is an extremely rare visitor to Britain, added to the British List on the basis of an individual seen at Nanquidno, Cornwall in November 1982.

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  • Breeding
  • Winter
3 records observations recorded by BTO surveyors
3 records

BTO RECORDS

3 records observations recorded by BTO surveyors
3 records

BTO RECORDS

Identification

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Status and Trends

Population size and trends and patterns of distribution based on BTO surveys and atlases with data collected by BTO volunteers.

CONSERVATION STATUS

This species can be found on the following statutory and conservation listings and schedules.

POPULATION SIZE

We have no population estimates for this scarce species.

Movement

Information about movement and migration based on online bird portals (e.g. BirdTrack), Ringing schemes and tracking studies.

RINGING RECOVERIES

View a summary of recoveries in the Online Ringing Report.

Biology

Lifecycle and body size information about Varied Thrush, including statistics on nesting, eggs and lifespan based on BTO ringing and nest recording data.

PRODUCTIVITY & NESTING

Sample sizes are too small to report Productivity and Nesting statistics for this species.

BIOMETRICS

Sample sizes are too small to report Biometrics for this species.

Feather measurements and photos on featherbase

CODES & CLASSIFICATION

For information in another language (where available) click on a linked name

Catalan: tord de collar
Czech: drozd pruhokrídlý
Danish: Flammedrossel
Dutch: Bonte Lijster
Estonian: laanerästas
Finnish: amerikankirjorastas
French: Grive à collier
German: Halsbanddrossel
Hungarian: tarka földirigó
Icelandic: Barrþröstur
Italian: Tordo vario
Latvian: mainigais zemesstrazds
Lithuanian: apykakletasis dirvinis strazdas
Norwegian: Båndtrost
Polish: rudodrozd
Portuguese: tordo-variegado
Slovak: drozd obojkový
Slovenian: pisani droznik
Spanish: Zorzal pinto
Swedish: sitkatrast

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