Ring Ouzel

Turdus torquatus - Merle à plastron

Merle à plastron
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Passeriformes

  • Family
    :

    Turdidés

  • Genus
    :

    Turdus

  • Species
    :

    torquatus

Descriptor

Linnaeus, 1758

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 24 cm
  • Wingspan
    : 38 à 42 cm.
  • Weight
    : 90 à 130 g
Longevity

8 years

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Merle à plastron
♂ adult plum. breeding
Merle à plastron
♀ adult

Ring Ouzel (Turdus torquatus) is a species of bird in the Turdidae family.

Subspecific information 3 subspecies

  • Turdus torquatus torquatus (w and n Europe)
  • Turdus torquatus alpestris (n Spain and c Europe to Greece and w Turkey)
  • Turdus torquatus amicorum (c Turkey to Turkmenistan and n Iran)

Foreign names

  • Merle à plastron,
  • Mirlo capiblanco,
  • melro-de-colar,
  • Ringdrossel,
  • örvös rigó,
  • Beflijster,
  • Merlo dal collare,
  • ringtrast,
  • Ringtrost,
  • drozd kolohrivec,
  • kos horský,
  • Ringdrossel,
  • sepelrastas,
  • merla de pit blanc,
  • Mánaþröstur,
  • drozd obrożny,
  • apkakles strazds,
  • komatar,
  • Белозобый дрозд,
  • クビワツグミ,
  • 环颈鸫,
  • 環頸鶇,

Voice song and cries

Merle à plastron
♂ adult plum. breeding

Habitat

Merle à plastron
♂ adult

Forest : Boreal, Temperate ; Shrubland : Temperate, Mediterranean-type Shrubby Vegetation ; Grassland : Temperate ; Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks) :

Geographic range

Distribution

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

Other sources of interest

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