Bulgaria
Greece
Ring Ouzel
Snow-peaked Pirin Mountains
14May2015
Turdus torquatus
(L 9.4-10.6")
A thrush...closely related to the Common
Blackbird...breeds in uplands of Continental
Europe...winters in the Mediterranean.
Unlike the blackbird, the ring ouzel is
usually wary and wild, shunning the
neighbourhood of human habitation.
(Michael J. Seago)
Turdus is Latin for thrush;
torquatus is Latin for collared.
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Budney
Macaulay
Library
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