Redwing (Turdus iliacus) [XC881677]
by Eric Roualet from S\u00f8r-Aurdal, Innlandet, Norway (song)
Redwing (Turdus iliacus) [XC892085]
by Christian B\u00f8ggild from Gmina Urszulin (near W\u00f3lka Wytycka), W\u0142odawa County, Lublin Voivodeship, Poland (song)
Nest
A thick cup of grass and moss, then mud, lined with grass, in a bush, up to 3 m above the ground.
Eggs (Guide)
4 - 5; light blue or greenish, heavily speckled reddish-brown.
Subspecies
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:
coburni Sharpe, 1901 - Iceland and Faeroe Is. Non-breeding western Europe.
iliacus Linnaeus, 1766 - Northern and eastern Europe eastern across Siberia to lower R Kolyma and Altai. Non-breeding western and southern Europe, northern Africa, Black and Caspian Sea basins and adjacent south-western Asia.
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