Mistle thrush

Description

The mistle thrush can reach a body length of about 26 to 29 cm. The body weight can be up to 140 grams. The mistle thrush resembles the song thrush, which, however, only grows to a maximum length of 22 cm. The upperpart is grey-brown and the underpart is white with dark brown spots. The underwing is white. Males and females have the same colouration.

The mistle thrush lives in sparse forests, parks and smaller woods in Central Europe. In the south of its range it is mainly found in the mountains, but in central and western Europe it is increasingly found in towns and villages. Most mistle thrushes migrate to south-western Europe in autumn and spend the winter there.

The text is a translation of an excerpt from Wikipedia (https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misteldrossel). On wikipedia the text is available under a „Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike“ licence. Status: 14 December 2021