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title: "Fieldfare"
description: "Turdus pilaris — Uccelli. The fieldfare (Turdus pilaris) is a member of the thrush family Turdidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/fieldfare
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Fieldfare

> Turdus pilaris — Uccelli. The fieldfare (Turdus pilaris) is a member of the thrush family Turdidae.

- Scientific name: *Turdus pilaris*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta)
- iNaturalist observations: 103915
- Wikidata: [Q25777](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25777)
- iNaturalist taxon: [12707](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/12707)

## Names

- en: Fieldfare
- de: Wacholderdrossel
- es: Zorzal real
- fr: Grive litorne
- nl: Kramsvogel
- pt: Tordo-zornal
- pl: Kwiczoł

## Countries with the most observations

RU (67236), DE (5449), FI (2967), PL (2771), GB (2247), UA (2181), CZ (1797), SE (1702), NO (1611), IT (1129), AT (1022), BY (939)

## Summary

The fieldfare (Turdus pilaris) is a member of the thrush family Turdidae. It breeds in woodland and scrub in northern Europe and across the Palearctic. It is strongly migratory, with many northern birds moving south during the winter. It is a very rare breeder in the British Isles, but winters in large numbers in the United Kingdom, Southern Europe, North Africa and the Middle East. It is omnivorous, eating a wide range of molluscs, insects and earthworms in the summer, and berries, grain and seeds in the winter.
Fieldfares often nest in small colonies, possibly for protection from predators. The nest is built in…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fieldfare

## Photo

![Fieldfare](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/fieldfare/medium.jpg)

Photo: Tero Linjama · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/317049465

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/fieldfare?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).