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Fieldfare

Turdus pilaris

The Fieldfare is a beautiful bird with a grayish-brown body and a lovely spotted chest. They love to eat berries and can often be seen hopping around in fields and gardens.

Hábitat: Grasslands

Aspecto

The Fieldfare has a striking grey head and rump, contrasting with its chestnut-brown back. Its breast is spotted with black, fading into a pale belly, and it has a distinctive pale grey band above its eye.

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Fieldfare

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Datos interesantes

Fieldfares forage together in large groups, sometimes over a hundred birds!

Fieldfares often build their nests with mud, strengthening them for their eggs and chicks.

Their loud, rattling 'chack' call is a distinctive sound of winter fields.

They sometimes 'bomb' predators with droppings when defending their nests!

Habilidades especiales

Fieldfare can mob larger predators in groups, diving and even defecating on them to drive away threats from their colonies.

Fieldfare has a strong digestive system that helps them eat tough winter berries, providing crucial energy when other food is scarce.

Fieldfare has an amazing internal compass that helps them migrate thousands of kilometers, finding their way to warm winter grounds.

Fieldfare can efficiently search for food on frosted ground, often flicking leaves to find insects hiding underneath.

Medidas y detalles

Longitud: 22-27 cm
Envergadura: 39-42 cm
Peso: 0.08-0.14 kg
Esperanza de vida: 2-10 años
Top Speed: 60 km/h
Tamaño de la puesta: 4-7
Incubación: 11-14 días
Distancia de migración: 2500 km

Dieta y alimentación

Fieldfares are omnivores, meaning they enjoy a varied diet of insects, worms, and lots of different berries and fruits.

Alimentos principales

Earthworms
Insects (beetles, flies)
Rowan berries
Hawthorn berries
Apples (fallen)

Método de búsqueda

Foraging

Conexiones ecológicas

eaten by

Sparrowhawk

Accipiter nisus

Swift sparrowhawks often hunt Fieldfares for food.

eats

Earthworm

Lumbricus terrestris

Fieldfares pull juicy earthworms from wet soil.

depends on

Rowan

Sorbus aucuparia

Rowan berries are a crucial winter food source.

eaten by

Eurasian Magpie

Pica pica

Magpies can steal Fieldfare eggs and chicks from nests.

Rasgos

Con plumas

Describe a los animales, principalmente aves, que poseen una cubierta de plumas.

Manchado

Marcado con manchas o parches de un color diferente.

Social

Los animales sociales viven en grupos organizados, cooperando para obtener beneficios de supervivencia como la búsqueda de alimento, la defensa y la cría de descendencia.

Canto

Los animales cantores producen vocalizaciones complejas, a menudo con el propósito de atraer parejas, defender el territorio o comunicarse dentro de su especie.

Omnívoro

Este rasgo identifica organismos cuya dieta incluye tanto materia vegetal como animal.

Pastizal

Los hábitats de pastizales son biomas terrestres dominados por pastos y plantas herbáceas, que sustentan a una variedad de animales de pastoreo.

Migratorio

Los animales migratorios emprenden movimientos estacionales de una región a otra, típicamente en respuesta a cambios en el clima o la disponibilidad de alimentos.