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Song Thrush
Turdus philomelos · Family Turdidae
Turdus philomelos
Family Turdidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Turdidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 4,623,337
- Countries and territories with records
- 101
About this species
This species has 4,623,337 occurrence records from 101 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from Sweden (13.9%), France (13.6%), the Netherlands (13.4%), the United Kingdom (13.1%) and Spain (7.1%); together they account for 61.2% of the total. In Sweden, this species accounts for 0.63% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Turdus philomelos combines the genus name Turdus with the species epithet philomelos. The Warbla app catalog lists 85 species of the genus Turdus; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Turdus migratorius, Turdus merula and Turdus pilaris.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 155 species of the family Turdidae. This species ranks 4th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Turdus migratorius. Its record count is 8.7 times the family average (532,772). The family Turdidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.