# Fieldfare (*Turdus pilaris*)

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Data as of: 2026-11-11

The fieldfare (Turdus pilaris) is a bird in the songbirds and other perching birds subgroup, belonging to the order Passeriformes and the family Turdidae. It is a small, migratory bird with an adult body mass of 106 g and a wingspan of 42 cm. The fieldfare has an invertivore diet, sits at the carnivore trophic level, forages as a generalist and lives in forest habitat. It is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, which is not an IUCN threatened category, and its geographic range covers 15,230,000 km².

## Quick facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Weight | 99.7 g – 106 g |
| Length | 25 cm |
| Wingspan | 42 cm |
| Lifespan | 18 years |
| Diet | Invertivore |
| Main food | Not recorded |
| Habitat | forest |
| Egg incubation | 13.5 days |
| Young per litter or clutch | 5.32 – 5.5 |
| Age at maturity | 12 months |
| Litters or clutches a year | 1.5 |
| Reproduction | Eggs |
| Lifestyle | Generalist |
| Migration | Migratory |
| Conservation status | Least Concern (IUCN) |
| Countries on record | Not recorded |

## Classification

- kingdom: Animalia
- phylum: Chordata
- class: Aves
- order: Passeriformes
- family: Turdidae
- genus: Turdus
- species: *Turdus pilaris* Linnaeus, 1758

Synonyms: *Alauda calandrotte*, *Arceuthornis pilaris*, *Arceuthornis pilaris*, *Lamprophonus pilaris*, *Merula pilaris*, *Planesticus pilaris*, *Sylvia pilaris*, *Turdus fuscilateralis*, *Turdus juniperorum*, *Turdus pilaris glacioborealis*, *Turdus pilaris tertius*, *Turdus pilaris zarudnyi*, *Turdus subpilaris*, *Turdus subpuilaris*, *Turdus ultrapilaris*

## Common questions

### What kind of animal is a fieldfare?

The fieldfare is a bird in the songbirds and other perching birds subgroup, part of the order Passeriformes and the family Turdidae.

### How big is a fieldfare?

The fieldfare is a small bird with an adult body mass of 106 g and a wingspan of 42 cm.

### What does a fieldfare eat?

The fieldfare has an invertivore diet and sits at the carnivore trophic level.

### Is the fieldfare endangered?

No. The fieldfare is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, which is not an IUCN threatened category.

### How long does a fieldfare live?

The fieldfare has a lifespan of 18 years, with values up to 18.1 years reported by our sources.

### How many eggs does a fieldfare lay?

The fieldfare lays 5.3 eggs per clutch, with up to 5.5 reported, and has 1.5 clutches per year. The eggs are incubated for 13.5 days.

### Does the fieldfare migrate?

Yes, the fieldfare is migratory.

### Who named the fieldfare?

The fieldfare was named Turdus pilaris by Linnaeus, 1758.

## Sources

- [An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles](https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1), CC0 1.0, E096-269. Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1
- [AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds](https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16586228.v7), CC BY 4.0, v7. Tobias, J.A. et al. (2022) AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds. Ecology Letters 25: 581–597. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13898. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16586228.v7
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