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| Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 |
The Blackbird or Common Blackbird, Turdus merula, is a European member of the thrush family Turdidae.
It is common in woods and gardens over all of Europe and much of Asia south of the Arctic Circle. Populations are resident except for northern birds which move south in winter.
Blackbirds are omnivorous, eating a wide range of insects, wormA worm is any of numerous relatively small elongated soft-bodied invertebrate animals. The most famous is the earthworm, a member of phylum Annelida, but there are hundreds of thousands of different species that live in a wide variety of habitats other ths and berries. They nest in bushes or similar, laying several (usually 4) bluish- green-grey eggIn some animals, an egg is the zygote, resulting from fertilization of the ovum. It nourishes and protects the embryo. Oviparous animals are animals that lay eggs, with little or no other development within the mother. This is the reproductive way of manys with brown reddish marks in a neat cup-shaped nestA nest is normally built by birds to hold their eggs and provide a home for their offspring. They are usually made of some organic material such as twigs, grass, and leaves. Generally each species of bird has a distinctive style of nest. Nests can be foun.
They do not form flocks, although several birds may be loosely associated in suitable habitat.
Adult males are all black except for a yellow eyering and bill. The male sings its varied and melodious song from trees, rooftops or other elevated perches.
The female and juvenile have brown plumage and lack the bright yellow bill and eye-ring of the male.
The Blackbird has been introduced to many parts of the world outside its native range. In AustraliaAustralia is the sixth-largest country in the world (geographically), the only one to occupy an entire continent, and the largest in the region of Australasia. Australia includes the island of Tasmania, which is an Australian State. Its neighbouring count and New ZealandFor alternative meanings, see New Zealand (disambiguation). New Zealand is a country formed of two major islands and a number of smaller islands in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. A common Mori name for New Zealand is Aotearoa popularly translated as Land at least, along with the
Black RatThe Black Rat Rattus rattus also known as the Ship Rat, Roof Rat or House Rat) is a common long-tailed rodent of the genus Rattus and the subfamily murinae (Old World rodents). The species originated in tropical Asia and spread through the Near East in Ro, the RabbitRabbit usually refers to the European Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus a native of southern Europe. It has been widely introduced elsewhere often with devastating effects on local biodiversity. Rabbits in the wild The European Rabbit is a small grey-brown mam and the domestic cat, it is one of the most seriously destructive pest species, as the Red Fox is in Australia.The Blackbird is not related to the North American Red-winged Blackbird, which is an Icterid, family Icteridae.