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Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorus · Family Turdidae
Turdus viscivorus
Family Turdidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Turdidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 1,724,945
- Countries and territories with records
- 86
About this species
This species has 1,724,945 occurrence records from 86 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from Sweden (20.8%), France (20.4%), the United Kingdom (14.8%), Spain (7.6%) and the Netherlands (6.5%); together they account for 70% of the total. In Sweden, this species accounts for 0.35% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Turdus viscivorus combines the genus name Turdus with the species epithet viscivorus. 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 philomelos.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 155 species of the family Turdidae. This species ranks 10th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Turdus migratorius. Its record count is 3.2 times the family average (532,772). The family Turdidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.