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title: "Koperwiek"
description: "Turdus iliacus — Vogels. The redwing (Turdus iliacus) is a bird in the thrush family, Turdidae, native to Europe and the Palearctic, slightly smaller than the related song thrush."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/redwing
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Koperwiek

> Turdus iliacus — Vogels. The redwing (Turdus iliacus) is a bird in the thrush family, Turdidae, native to Europe and the Palearctic, slightly smaller than the related song thrush.

- Scientific name: *Turdus iliacus*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos)
- iNaturalist observations: 29050
- Wikidata: [Q184825](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q184825)
- iNaturalist taxon: [12749](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/12749)

## Names

- en: Redwing
- de: Rotdrossel
- es: Zorzal alirrojo
- fr: Grive mauvis
- nl: Koperwiek
- pt: Tordo-ruivo
- pl: Droździk

## Countries with the most observations

RU (11192), GB (4737), IS (2333), DE (1445), FI (999), FR (829), NO (547), NL (544), ES (386), DK (350), BE (292), IT (281)

## Summary

The redwing (Turdus iliacus) is a bird in the thrush family, Turdidae, native to Europe and the Palearctic, slightly smaller than the related song thrush.

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

## Photo

![Koperwiek](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/redwing/medium.jpg)

Photo: Nikhil R R · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/147339137

## Machine access

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