Ring Ouzel
BIRDING ARAGÓNRing Ouzel
Turdus torquatus
ES: mirlo capiblanco
Description
L: 23-24cm; W:38-42cm; Adult male in black breeding plumage; chest patch pure white; yellow bill with brown tip; in winter plumage with grey-edged plumage and brown bill with yellowish tip. Females are blackish-brown, with dirty brown chest patch. Some juveniles lack the white spot on the chest. Juveniles: browner and with very marked barring.
- Observation difficulty: Medium
- Status: Resident
- Optimal Season: Dec-Jan
- Conservation Status: Protected species
- Hábitat: High mountain
Special interest
Best places to see in Aragón
PROVINCES
Huesca. Zaragoza. Teruel
REGIONS
La Jacetania; Sobrarbe; Ribagorza; Gúdar-Javalambre; Sierra de Albarracín
Special Protected Areas (SPA)
ORDESA Y MONTE PERDIDO; LOS VALLES; GALACHOS DE LA ALFRANCA DE PASTRIZ, LA CARTUJA Y EL BURGO DE EBRO; POSETS – MALADETA; COLLARADA – IBÓN DE IP; VIÑAMALA; COTIELLA – SIERRA FERRERA; EL TURBÓN Y SIERRA DE SÍS; SALVATIERRA – FOZES DE FAGO Y BINIÉS; SAN JUAN DE LA PEÑA Y PEÑA OROEL; SIERRAS DE SANTO DOMINGO Y CABALLERA Y RÍO ONSELLA; SIERRA DE ALCUBIERRE; SIERRA DE MONCAYO – LOS FAYOS – SIERRA DE ARMAS; DESFILADEROS DEL RÍO JALÓN; RÍO HUERVA Y LAS PLANAS; RÍO GUADALOPE – MAESTRAZGO
