Song Thrush(Smólach ceoil)

Identification Tips

• 1Warm brown upperparts
• 2Cream/buff breast with small, neat arrow-shaped spots
• 3Smaller and warmer-toned than mistle thrush
• 4Often seen smashing snails on stones (anvil stones)
• 5Orange-buff underwing visible in flight

Similar Species

Mistle Thrush

Song thrushes are smaller with neater, arrow-shaped spots (not round)

Common Blackbird

Song thrushes are spotted; female blackbirds are more uniformly dark

Description

A common and well-loved songbird across Ireland. Song thrushes are regular camera trap visitors, especially when foraging on the ground.

Habitat

Further Reading

• Song Thrush - BirdWatch Ireland