Thrushes in Spain
Our list for Spain has 6 thrushes recorded regularly there: 3 residents and 3 winter visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Spain 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 philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorUncommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusWinter visitorUncommon23–24 cmRecorded all year
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