Ring Ouzel

Ring Ouzel (Turdus torquatus )

Description

The Ring Ouzel is very similar to the Blackbird ( Blackbird ) in size and structure. The male has black plumage, a schwarzschuppige bottom with white edges and a very distinctive white stripe broad chest. The lower jaw part of the male is orange. In the female the color is more brown in direction and the breast is light gray. The body reaches a size of approximately 24 to 26 centimeters. The immature plumage of young birds still does not have breast strips, but is spotted. The song sounds like "tack ... tack" or " trüh ... trüh ".

Habitat

The Ring Ouzel clear preference coniferous forests in the higher mountain ranges and in the Alps, but also mountains, spruce and bog forests in northern Europe are popular approach goals. Your winter quarters it has in the Mediterranean region from November to February.

Nutrition

The Ring Ouzel feeds on molluscs, berries, insects and their larvae, but at the top of the menu is the earthworm.

Reproduction

The typical thrush nest is built quite low on coniferous trees and shrubs from twigs, stalks, grass, roots and moss from the females. The four to five blue-green and braungefleckten eggs are warmed for two weeks during the breeding season from April to August. After 12 to 14 days the young birds fledge.