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Redwing

Turdus iliacusOrder: PASSERIFORMESFamily: Thrushes (Turdidae)
Redwing Breeding Male Head Illustration

Head

  • Bill Shape: All-purpose
  • Eye Color: Dark brown.
  • Head Pattern: Eyeline, Streaked, Eyering (complete or broken)
  • Crown Color: Brown with dark striping.
  • Forehead Color: Brown with white eyebrow.
  • Nape Color: Brown
  • Throat Color: White with dark spotting.
  • Cere color: No Data
Redwing Breeding Male Body Illustration

Body

  • Length Range: 21 cm (8.25 in)
  • Weight: 62 g (2.2 oz)
  • Size: Size 2. Small (5 - 9 in)
  • Color: White, Brown, Rufous or Rust, Buff
  • Underparts: White with dark spotting and red-brown flanks.
  • Upperparts: Brown
  • Back Pattern: Solid
  • Belly Pattern: Solid
  • Breast Pattern: Spotted or speckled, Striped or streaked
Redwing Breeding Male Flight Illustration

Flight

  • Flight Pattern: Rather swift strong direct flight on rapidly beating wings.
  • Wingspan Range: 34-36 cm (13.5-14 in)
  • Wing Shape: Pointed-Wings
  • Tail Shape: Squared Tail
  • Tail Pattern: Solid
  • Upper Tail: Brown
  • Under Tail: White
  • Leg Color: Yellow
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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