Thrushes in Iceland
Our list for Iceland has 6 thrushes recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 3 winter visitors, 1 passage migrant and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Iceland in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 6, most common first
RedwingTurdus iliacusResidentCommon20–24 cmRecorded all year
BlackbirdTurdus merulaWinter visitorCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosWinter visitorUncommon20–23 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusScarceRare26–29 cm
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusPassage migrantRare16–20 cmRegularly Sep
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Swainson's Thrush 16–20 cm
- Song Thrush 20–23 cm
- Redwing 20–24 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