Thrushes in Portugal
Our list for Portugal has 7 thrushes recorded regularly there: 2 residents, 4 winter visitors and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Portugal in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 7, most common first
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosWinter visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Oct–Aug
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusWinter visitorRare23–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorRare22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusScarceRare16–20 cmRegularly Oct
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Swainson's Thrush 16–20 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