* Song Thrush

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Introduced there along with the Song Thrush ( Turdus philomelos ) in 1862, it has spread throughout the country up to an elevation of, as well as outlying islands such as the Campbell and Kermadecs.

The Song Thrush ( Turdus philomelos ) is a thrush that breeds across much of Eurasia.

The Song Thrush breeds in forests, gardens and parks, and is partially migratory with many birds wintering in southern Europe, North Africa and the Middle East ; it has also been introduced into New Zealand and Australia.

The Song Thrush builds a neat mud-lined cup nest in a bush or tree and lays four or five dark-spotted blue eggs.

The Song Thrush was described by German ornithologist Christian Ludwig Brehm in 1831, and still bears its original scientific name, Turdus philomelos.

A recent molecular study indicates that the Song Thrush's closest relatives are the similarly plumaged Mistle Thrush ( T. viscivorus ) and the Chinese Thrush ( T. mupinensis ); these three species are early offshoots from the lineage of Turdus thrushes before they diversified and spread across the globe, and hence are less closely related to other European thrush species such as the Blackbird.

The Song Thrush has three subspecies, with the nominate subspecies, T. p. philomelos, covering the majority of the species ' range.

The Song Thrush ( as represented by the nominate subspecies T. p. philomelos ) is 20 to 23. 5 centimetres ( 8 to 9. 25 in ) in length and weighs 50 – 107 grammes ( 1. 8 to 3. 8 oz ).

Mimicry may include the imitation of man-made items like telephones, and the Song Thrush will also repeat the calls of captive birds, including exotics such as the White-faced Whistling Duck.

The Song Thrush breeds in most of Europe ( although not in the greater part of Iberia, lowland Italy or southern Greece ), and across the Ukraine and Russia almost to Lake Baikal.

In New Zealand, where it was introduced on both the main islands, the Song Thrush quickly established itself and spread to surrounding islands such as the Kermadecs, Chatham and Auckland Islands.

In New Zealand, there appears to be a limited detrimental effect on some invertebrates due to predation by introduced bird species, and the Song Thrush also damages commercial fruit crops in that country.

The Song Thrush typically nests in forest with good undergrowth and nearby more open areas, and in western Europe also uses gardens and parks.

The Song Thrush is not usually gregarious, although several birds may roost together in winter or be loosely associated in suitable feeding habitats, perhaps with other thrushes such as the Blackbird, Fieldfare, Redwing and Dark-throated Thrush.

Unlike the more nomadic Fieldfare and Redwing, the Song Thrush tends to return regularly to the same wintering areas.

During migration, the Song Thrush travels mainly at night with a strong and direct flight action.

The female Song Thrush builds a neat cup-shaped nest lined with mud and dry grass in a bush, tree or creeper, or, in the case of the Hebridean subspecies, on the ground.

The Song Thrush is occasionally a host of parasitic cuckoos, such as the Common Cuckoo, but this is very rare because the thrush recognizes the cuckoo's non-mimetic eggs.

However, the Song Thrush does not demonstrate the same aggression toward the adult Cuckoo that is shown by the Blackbird.

References to cannibalizing the enemy has also been seen in poetry written in the Song Dynasty, ( for example, in Man Jiang Hong ) although the cannibalizing is perhaps poetic symbolism, expressing hatred towards the enemy.

This also has a long history in China, with production believed to date back to the Song Dynasty.

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* English Folk Dance and Song Society has an online shop selling books and compact disks.

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* TPPCPPC, Third Person Plural Conditional Past Perfect Continuous-a complicated tense, which makes use of a lot of auxiliary verbs, that has become a standing joke since its inclusion in ' Third Person Plural Conditional Past Perfect Continuous Song Lyrics ', an idea that is sadly no more.

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It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 7666.

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