Editing Song thrush (section)

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| image = Певчий дрозд на пеньке (Turdus philomelos), Битцевский лес.jpg
| image_upright = 1.1
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| image2 = Turdus philomelos.ogg
| image2_caption = Song
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 12 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2018 |title=''Turdus philomelos'' |volume=2018 |page=e.T22708822A132076619 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22708822A132076619.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}</ref>
| genus = Turdus
| species = philomelos
| authority = [[Christian Ludwig Brehm|Brehm]], 1831
| range_map = TurdusPhilomelosIUCN.svg
| range_map_caption = Distribution{{leftlegend|#0F0|Summer range|outline=grey}}{{leftlegend|#008000|Year-round range|outline=grey}}{{leftlegend|#007FFF|Winter range|outline=grey}}{{leftlegend|#FF0|Introduced range|outline=grey}}
| synonyms = ''Turdus musicus''<ref name=musicus>{{cite book|author-link1=John Gould|last1=Gould|first1=John|title=The Birds of Europe|volume=2|date=1837|url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42173481 |at=Plate 78|publisher=R. and J. E. Taylor|doi=10.5962/bhl.title.65989|doi-access=free}}</ref>
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The '''song thrush''' ('''''Turdus philomelos''''') is a [[Thrush (bird)|thrush]] that breeds across the West [[Palearctic]]. It has brown upper-parts and black-spotted cream or buff underparts and has four recognised [[subspecies]]. Its distinctive [[Birdsong|song]], which has repeated musical phrases, has frequently been referred to in poetry.

The song thrush breeds in forests, gardens and parks, and is partially [[bird migration|migratory]] with many birds wintering in southern Europe, North Africa and the Middle East; it has also been introduced into New Zealand and Australia. Although it is not threatened globally, there have been serious population declines in parts of Europe, possibly due to changes in farming practices.

The song thrush builds a neat mud-lined [[bird nest#Cup|cup nest]] in a bush or tree and lays four to five dark-spotted blue [[bird egg|eggs]]. It is [[omnivorous]] and has the habit of using a favourite stone as an "[[anvil]]" on which to break open the shells of [[land snail|snail]]s. Like other perching birds ([[passerine]]s), it is affected by external and internal [[parasite]]s and is vulnerable to [[predation]] by [[cat]]s and [[bird of prey|birds of prey]].