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Redwing

Turdus iliacusOrder: PASSERIFORMESFamily: Thrushes (Turdidae)

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General

Redwing: Medium-sized thrush with brown upperparts, dark-spotted white underparts, and rufous flanks. Eyebrows are white and conspicuous. Bill is yellow with black tip. Deep rufous-orange underwing linings are visible in flight. Legs and feet are yellow. Sexes are similar.

Range and Habitat

Redwing: Native of Eurasia; strays occasionally to Newfoundland and is accidental to Long Island, New York during winter. Found in deciduous and mixed woodlands in summer and open fields and thickets during winter.

Listen to Call

Voice Text

"seeeeh", "kuck, kuck"

Interesting Facts

 The Redwing was first described by Linnaeus in his Systema Naturae in 1758 under its current scientific name.

 The English name derives from the bird's red underwing. The binomial name derives from the Latin words Turdus, "thrush", and ile, "flank".

 It is not closely related to the Red-winged Blackbird, a North American species sometimes nicknamed "redwing".

 A group of redwings are collectively known as a "crowd" of redwings.



Author

Gary Owen Dick

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Family Thrush (Turdidae)_blue
Species Turdus iliacus
Length8.25 Inches
Wingspan13.75 Inches

Redwing

Redwing: Medium-sized thrush with brown upperparts, dark-spotted white underparts, and rufous flanks. Eyebrows are white and conspicuous. Bill is yellow with black tip. Deep rufous-orange underwing linings are visible in flight. Swift and strong direct flight on rapidly beating wings.

● Song: "seeeeh", "kuck, kuck"

● Foraging & Feeding: Redwing: Eats insects, fruits, and berries. Hops on the ground to forage; also gleans food from branches and foliage.

● Breeding & nesting: Redwing: Five to six blue green eggs with red brown spots are laid in a cup nest made of grass, mud, and twigs and built in a shrub or tree branch, 3 to 30 feet above the ground. Incubation ranges from 12 to 14 days and is carried out by the female.

● Similar species: Redwing: Fieldfare has gray head, gray rump, rufous back, black tail, and white underparts with buff wash on throat and breast.

Flight Pattern

Rather swift strong direct flight on rapidly beating wings.
Redwing Breeding Male Body Illustration
● Range & Habitat: Redwing: Native of Eurasia; strays occasionally to Newfoundland and is accidental to Long Island, New York during winter. Found in deciduous and mixed woodlands in summer and open fields and thickets during winter.
BreedingMonogamous, Solitary nester
PopulationCasual to accidental
MigrationMigratory
Weight2.2 Ounces