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title: "Tordo-comum"
description: "Turdus philomelos — Aves. The song thrush (Turdus philomelos) is a thrush that breeds across the West Palearctic."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/song-thrush
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Tordo-comum

> Turdus philomelos — Aves. The song thrush (Turdus philomelos) is a thrush that breeds across the West Palearctic.

- Scientific name: *Turdus philomelos*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: `forest` (Floresta), `urban` (Cidades e jardins)
- iNaturalist observations: 81072
- Wikidata: [Q26349](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26349)
- iNaturalist taxon: [12748](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/12748)

## Names

- en: Song Thrush
- de: Singdrossel
- es: Zorzal Común
- fr: Grive musicienne
- nl: Zanglijster
- pt: Tordo-comum
- pl: Drozd śpiewak

## Countries with the most observations

RU (16764), GB (11639), DE (6350), NZ (4400), FR (4129), ES (3333), IT (2037), PT (1826), CZ (1767), UA (1575), AT (1407), NL (1351)

## Summary

The song thrush (Turdus philomelos) is a thrush that breeds across the West Palearctic. It has brown upperparts and black-spotted cream or buff underparts and has four recognised subspecies. Its distinctive song, which features repeated musical phrases, has frequently been referenced in poetry.
The song thrush breeds in forests, gardens and parks. It is partially migratory, with many birds wintering in southern Europe, North Africa and the Middle East. The species has also been introduced into New Zealand and Australia. While it is not globally threatened, serious population declines have been observed in some European…

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

## Photo

![Tordo-comum](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/song-thrush/medium.jpg)

Photo: Athan · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/255411955

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/song-thrush?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).