Thrushes in Sweden
Our list for Sweden has 6 thrushes recorded regularly there: 3 residents and 3 summer visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Sweden in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 6, most common first
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year
FieldfareTurdus pilarisResidentCommon22–27 cmRecorded all year
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
RedwingTurdus iliacusResidentCommon20–24 cmRecorded all year
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusSummer visitorCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusSummer visitorUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
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