Medium-sized bird (about 24 cm or 9.5 in) similar to the Common Blackbird. Plumage of dark tones, black in the male and brown in the female, with an appreciable slight flaked design and a white bib in the shape of a half moon on the breast. The bill is orange and the wings have pale spots.
Scrubland
Sierras and areas of medium and high mountain with pine woods, junipers, junipers and scrub interspersed with pasture Sierras and areas of medium and high mountain with pine forests, junipers, savins and scrub interspersed with pasture. High mountain open pine forests.
Wintering species in Malaga that in its breeding territories (northern Spain and Europe) begins to reproduce in April, making between one and two annual layings of 3 to 6 eggs. It feeds on insects, supplementing its diet with small fruits of junipers, savins or hawthorn in autumn and winter.
It is a common bird in the areas of medium and high mountain of Malaga, although not abundant. It can be watched in Sierra de las Nieves and Sierra Tejeda. Abundant, but very localized in Sierra Blanca. In the Great Path it is present in stages 10, 11, 23 and 31.
Ring ouzels are dour and elusive birds, very much in tune with the harsh habitat where they live. They are rarely seen perched. It is much easier to see them in flight. In winter, in Malaga, they usually appear on flocks near pylons, fountains, headwaters of mountain streams and areas with humidity in medium and high mountain pine woods.
- Altos de Hondonero
- El Alcázar - La Maroma
- El Chorro (Paraje Natural del Desfiladero de Los Gaitanes)
- Great Malaga Path (GR 249). Stage 11. Alfarnate - Villanueva del Rosario
- Great Malaga Path (GR 249). Stage 23. El Burgo - Ronda
- Llanos de Líbar
- Quejigales - Puerto de Los Pilones
- Refugio de Juanar
- Refugio del Juanar
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