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Song Thrush

Turdus philomelos

526,859Records since 2000
MayPeak month
127Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan46,104
Feb48,796
Mar58,373
Apr79,323
May80,836
Jun58,165
Jul34,217
Aug14,169
Sep14,621
Oct32,383
Nov25,157
Dec30,853

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cambridgeshire England24,201
2Surrey England19,340
3Norfolk England18,550
4Kent England15,309
5Oxfordshire England13,335
6Suffolk England12,051
7Cornwall England11,197
8Highland Scotland10,050
9Devon England9,242
10East Riding of Yorkshire England9,012
11North Yorkshire England8,912
12Dorset England8,098
13Essex England7,856
14Lincolnshire England7,105
15Cumbria England6,351
455,462 England48,248 Scotland18,884 Wales4,040 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 127 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
526,859
Peak month
May
Counties with records
127
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Turdus philomelos
Group
Birds
NBN Atlas records since 2000
246,069
Conservation designations
Birds Directive, Birds of Conservation Concern, Biodiversity List – Northern Ireland, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Passeriformes
Family
Turdidae
Genus
Turdus
Name with authority
Turdus philomelos C.L.Brehm, 1831
Described
1831
Contributing datasets
57

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q26349 · GBIF 7901064