Turdus philomelos

Song Thrush

Main author: Magnus Hellström, October 2014.
Citation: Ottenby Bird Observatory. 2015. Ringers’ DigiGuide – Turdus philomelos. www.ringersdigiguide.ottenby.se

MOULT

                     Adult         Young

Summer       SC              sp

Winter           –                 –

Young sp: The post-juvenile moult includes the body, LC, MC and usually the inner GC (92% of our birds at Ottenby have included 2-6 inner GC in the moult, range included 0-10 GC). TT or RR are rarely included (perhaps only replaced if lost).
Adult SC: The post-breeding moult includes the whole plumage.

Number of GC included in the post-juvenile moult shown as percentage of 1cy birds at Ottenby 2000-2013 (n=1479).

AGE:

Autumn
Spring

SEX:

No plumage differences.

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