Ring ouzel: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the ring ouzel lives – recorded in 27 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Turdus torquatus
Group	Songbirds & perching birds
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	27 countries
Continents	Africa, Asia, Europe
Mass	7.4 g (birth weight)
Class	Bird
Order	Passeriformes
Family	Turdidae

Where does the ring ouzel live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the ring ouzel in 27 countries and territories across Africa, Asia and Europe. Wikidata gives its range as: Africa.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

How big is a ring ouzel?

Wikidata records the following for the ring ouzel: mass 7.4 g (birth weight).

Is the ring ouzel endangered?

The ring ouzel’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the ring ouzel?

The ring ouzel (Turdus torquatus) is a bird in the order Passeriformes and the family Turdidae, genus Turdus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the ring ouzel

The ring ouzel (Turdus torquatus) is a mainly European member of the thrush family Turdidae. It is a medium-sized thrush, 23–24 centimetres (9.1–9.4 in) in length and weighing 90–138 grams (3.2–4.9 oz). The male is predominantly black with a conspicuous white crescent across its breast. Females are browner and duller than males, and young birds may lack the pale chest markings altogether. In all but the northernmost part of its range, this is a high-altitude species, with three subspecies breeding in mountains from Ireland east to Iran. It breeds in open mountain areas with some trees or shrubs, the latter often including juniper and other treeline conifers, rowan, bilberry, heather, and hairy alpenrose. It is a migratory bird, leaving the breeding areas to winter in southern Europe, North Africa and Turkey, typically in mountains with junipers. The typical clutch is 3–6 brown-flecked pale blue or greenish-blue eggs. They are incubated almost entirely by the female, with hatching normally occurring after 13 days. The altricial, downy chicks fledge in another 14 days and are dependent on their parents for about 12 days after fledging.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Ring ouzel (revision 1374484551), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q26641 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).