Thrushes in Germany
Our list for Germany has 6 thrushes recorded regularly there: 3 residents, 2 summer visitors and 1 winter visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Germany in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 6, most common first
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Feb–Nov
FieldfareTurdus pilarisResidentCommon22–27 cmRecorded all year
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusSummer visitorUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Song Thrush 20–23 cm
- Redwing 20–24 cm
- Ring Ouzel 23–24 cm
- Blackbird 24–25 cm
- Fieldfare 22–27 cm
- Mistle Thrush 26–29 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made