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🦉 The redwing (Turdus iliacus)

• Turdus (Latin) thrush
• iliacus ilia (lat.) sides, iliacus with sides (i.e. with red sides)

This thrush is also called "white-browed", and it got this name for a reason - its light, almost white "eyebrows" stand out very well against the background of other thrush species. It arrives early, around the middle or end of April, when there is snow in the forest here and there, and the meadows are just beginning to thaw.

Their songs are something else! Imagine a mixture of whistles, trills and chirps, all sounding fast and chaotic.
Their songs are something! Imagine a mixture of whistles, trills and chirps, all sounding fast and chaotic.

It is interesting that redwings often stay close to other species of thrushes, as if they were their comrades. And they always help each other, for example, when defending their territory and nests. As soon as someone sees a kite flying by, they immediately fly as a team to attack it.