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Ring Ouzel

Turdus torquatus

13,904Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
105Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan46
Feb23
Mar370
Apr5,848
May1,954
Jun833
Jul313
Aug138
Sep426
Oct3,365
Nov293
Dec17

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland1,135
2Norfolk England914
3East Riding of Yorkshire England868
4Cambridgeshire England613
5Kent England519
6Shetland Islands —466
7North Yorkshire England446
8Suffolk England439
9Isles of Scilly England395
10Aberdeenshire Scotland328
11Cumbria England276
12Cornwall England274
13Dorset England267
14Gwynedd Wales225
15Sheffield England215
10,515 England2,796 Scotland564 Wales27 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 105 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
13,904
Peak month
April
Counties with records
105
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Turdus torquatus
Group
Birds
NBN Atlas records since 2000
9,764
Conservation designations
Wildlife (NI) Order 1985, Bern Convention, Birds of Conservation Concern, Biodiversity List – Northern Ireland, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Biodiversity List – England, Biodiversity List – Wales, UK BAP priority species, Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Passeriformes
Family
Turdidae
Genus
Turdus
Name with authority
Turdus torquatus Linnaeus, 1758
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
24

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q26641 · GBIF 7865305