Song Thrush

The song thrush is 20–23.5 centimetres long and weighs 50–107 grams. The sexes are similar, with plain brown backs and neatly black-spotted cream or yellow-buff underparts that become paler on the belly. The underwing is warm yellow, the bill yellowish and the legs and feet pink. The upperparts become colder in tone from west to east across the breeding range, from Sweden to Siberia. The juvenile resembles the adult but has buff or orange streaks on the back and wing coverts. (Wikipedia, general species account)

It breeds across the western Palearctic in forests, gardens and parks and is partially migratory, with many birds wintering in southern Europe, North Africa and the Middle East. It has also been introduced into New Zealand and Australia. Four subspecies are recognised. Its distinctive song, with repeated musical phrases, has often been referred to in poetry. Though not globally threatened, serious declines have been seen in some European regions, possibly because of changes in farming. (Wikipedia, general species account)