Turdus pilaris
Silhouette: Sharon Wegner-Larsen · PhyloPic
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
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 a tree where five or six eggs are laid. The chicks are fed by both parents and leave the nest after a fortnight (a period of two weeks). There may be two broods in southern parts of the range but only one further north. Migrating birds and wintering birds often form large flocks, often in the company of redwings.
The fieldfare is 25 cm (10 in) long, with a grey crown, neck and rump, a plain brown back, dark wings and tail and white underwings. The breast and flanks are heavily spotted. The breast has a reddish wash and the rest of the underparts are white. The sexes are similar in appearance but the females are slightly more brown. The male has a simple chattering song and the birds have various guttural flight and alarm calls. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gauja National Park | 🇱🇻 Latvia | |
| 2 | Tatra National Park | 🇸🇰 Slovakia | |
| 3 | Biebrza National Park | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 4 | Ecrins National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 5 | Vanoise National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 6 | Bavarian Forest National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 7 | Kiskunság National Park | 🇭🇺 Hungary | |
| 8 | Białowieża National Park | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 9 | Wadden Sea National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 10 | Hohe Tauern National Park | 🇦🇹 Austria | |
| 11 | Hortobágy National Park | 🇭🇺 Hungary | |
| 12 | Fertő-Hanság National Park | 🇭🇺 Hungary | |
| 13 | Mercantour National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 14 | Cairngorms National Park | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 15 | Vatnajokull National Park | 🇮🇸 Iceland | |
| 16 | Snowdonia National Park | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 17 | Triglav National Park | 🇸🇮 Slovenia | |
| 18 | Cévennes National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 19 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 20 | Sierra de Guadarrama National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 21 | Sierra Nevada National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 22 | Aigüestortes National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Moscow | 🇷🇺 Russia | |
| 2 | Yekaterinburg | 🇷🇺 Russia | |
| 3 | Minsk | 🇧🇾 Belarus | |
| 4 | Stockholm | 🇸🇪 Sweden | |
| 5 | Novosibirsk | 🇷🇺 Russia | |
| 6 | Nizhny Novgorod | 🇷🇺 Russia | |
| 7 | Kharkiv | 🇺🇦 Ukraine | |
| 8 | Saint Petersburg | 🇷🇺 Russia | |
| 9 | Warsaw | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 10 | Kyiv | 🇺🇦 Ukraine |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Moscow Zoo | 🇷🇺 Russia | |
| 2 | Zoopark Limpopo | 🇷🇺 Russia | |
| 3 | Tiergarten Ulm | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 4 | paraZOO | 🇨🇿 Czechia |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Fieldfare sighting in Hortobágy National Park on a given day, based on 38 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 140th most-seen of the 202 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February
In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Fieldfare in Hortobágy National Park on a given day, against under 5% in April to September, the lowest months.
Between 6 and 9 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Fieldfare sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
11th of 22
Of the 22 parks where we can rate Fieldfare sightings, Hortobágy National Park ranks 11th at about 10%. The best odds are in Gauja National Park (Latvia, about 40%), Tatra National Park (Slovakia, about 30%) and Biebrza National Park (Poland, about 30%).
Same genus: Turdus
The closest relatives of the Fieldfare that you can see in Hortobágy National Park (genus Turdus, Typical Thrushes) are Eurasian Blackbird (about 30%) and Song Thrush (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Fieldfare is recorded against all the birds logged in Hortobágy National Park (38 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
