A report on Common blackbird

Female of subspecies merula
Historic image of blackbird in Nederlandsche Vogelen (1770)
Male blackbird with earthworm
Adult male feeding on cherries in Lausanne, Switzerland
A male attempting to distract a kestrel close to its nest
"Sing a Song for Sixpence" cover illustration
T. m. cabrerae on Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain
Juvenile T. m. merula in England
Young adult T. m. merula in Oxfordshire
A leucistic adult male in England with much white in the plumage
Eggs, Collection Museum Wiesbaden
Eggs in a nest
Two chicks in a nest

Species of true thrush.

- Common blackbird

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Mistle thrush

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Bird common to much of Europe, temperate Asia and North Africa.

Bird common to much of Europe, temperate Asia and North Africa.

In Kazakhstan
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Male (left) passing earthworms to female on nest
The mistle thrush derives its English and scientific names from mistletoe, a favourite food.
A castor bean tick swollen with the blood of its host
Mistle Thrush and Alpine Chough by Giovanni da Udine

They are less closely related to other European thrush species such as the blackbird (T. merula) which are descended from ancestors that had colonised the Caribbean islands from Africa and subsequently reached Europe from there.

Song thrush

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Thrush that breeds across the West Palearctic.

Thrush that breeds across the West Palearctic.

A parent feeding chicks in their nest in a New Zealand garden
A Song Thrush in Germany
In flight
Juvenile in New Zealand
Juvenile in a forest near Dombaih, Russia (Caucasus Mountains)
Three eggs in a nest
Broken shells of grove snails on an 'anvil'
In New Zealand
Song thrush in Slovenia

They are less closely related to other European thrush species such as the blackbird (T. merula) which are descended from ancestors that had colonised the Caribbean islands from Africa and subsequently reached Europe from there.

Common cuckoo

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Member of the cuckoo order of birds, Cuculiformes, which includes the roadrunners, the anis and the coucals.

Member of the cuckoo order of birds, Cuculiformes, which includes the roadrunners, the anis and the coucals.

Common cuckoo in flight
A Eurasian cuckoo (C. c. bakeri) from Pangolakha Wildlife Sanctuary in East Sikkim, India.
Cuckoo adult (top) mimics sparrowhawk, giving female time to lay eggs parasitically
This Eurasian reed warbler is raising a common cuckoo.
Cuckoo eggs mimicking smaller eggs, in this case of reed warbler
Cuculus canorus canorus in a nest Acrocephalus arundinaceus - MHNT
Cuculus canorus bangsi in a nest Phoenicurus moussieri - MHNT
A chick of the common cuckoo in the nest of a tree pipit
Golden cuckoo in the coat of arms of Suomenniemi

277) Common blackbird (Turdus merula)

Icterid

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Icterids or New World blackbirds make up a family, the Icteridae, of small to medium-sized, often colorful, New World passerine birds.

Icterids or New World blackbirds make up a family, the Icteridae, of small to medium-sized, often colorful, New World passerine birds.

Breeding male Brewer's blackbird apparently gaping (see text) in soil

Despite the similar names, the first groups are only distantly related to the Old World common blackbird (a thrush) or the Old World orioles.

Ring ouzel

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Mainly European member of the thrush family Turdidae.

Mainly European member of the thrush family Turdidae.

Male T. t. alpestris in Serbia
Male T. t. amicorum in Artashavan, Armenia
Breeding habitat at Stanage Edge in the English Peak District
Eggs in collection of Museum Wiesbaden
Juniper berries are a favoured winter food item.
The common buzzard is a predator of ring ouzels.

Natural hazards include predation by mammalian carnivores and birds of prey, and locally there may also be competition from other large thrushes such as the common blackbird, mistle thrush and fieldfare.

Red-winged blackbird

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Passerine bird of the family Icteridae found in most of North America and much of Central America.

Passerine bird of the family Icteridae found in most of North America and much of Central America.

Male seen from behind, showing the absence of the typical yellow bands below the red spots
Male displaying his characteristic predominantly black plumage with the red spot on the wing bordered by the yellow band
The golden coloration on the wing of the female red-winged blackbird
Wing feathers
The "perched display", with wings held away from the body, is an agonistic behavior of the red-winged blackbird.
Nest with eggs
The raccoon is one of the known predators of this species.
Male red-winged blackbird mobbing an osprey
Flock flying in the twilight
Male perched on a log
in McLean, Virginia, USA.
In Sacramento County. October 2016.
Leaving a feeder in suburban St. Louis, MO.
A red-winged blackbird clutching a rush in Point Pelee National Park.
Red-winged blackbird in spring in Oakville, Ontario.

Despite the similarities in most forms of the red-winged blackbird, in the subspecies of Mexican Plateau, A. p. gubernator, the female's veining is greatly reduced and restricted to the throat; the rest of the plumage is very dark brown, and also in a different family from the European redwing and the Old World common blackbird, which are thrushes (Turdidae).

Tibetan blackbird

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Species of bird in the thrush family Turdidae.

Species of bird in the thrush family Turdidae.

Tibetan blackbird feeding on worms in Hunza, Pakistan

Originally described as a separate species by Henry Seebohm in 1881, it was then considered a subspecies of the common blackbird until 2008, when phylogenetic evidence revealed that it was only distantly related to the latter species.

Eurasian sparrowhawk

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Small bird of prey in the family Accipitridae.

Small bird of prey in the family Accipitridae.

The resemblance of the common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) to the Eurasian sparrowhawk helps it avoid aggression from the small birds whose nest it seeks to parasitise.
Deciduous woodland is a typical breeding and hunting habitat for the Eurasian sparrowhawk.
A juvenile with the carcass of a common wood pigeon (Columba palumbus)
The chicks stay on the nest until they are 24 to 28 days old.
Illustration of an egg at Muséum de Toulouse. The background colour of the eggs changes from light blue to white on storage in collections
In flight as seen from below, showing barring on underparts.
The Eurasian sparrowhawk's natural hunting behaviour can conflict with gamekeepers rearing common pheasants.
The Eurasian sparrowhawk is popular with falconers in Georgia.
An adult male in Slovakia

During one year, a pair of Eurasian sparrowhawks could take 2,200 house sparrows, 600 common blackbirds or 110 wood pigeons.

Indian blackbird

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Member of the thrush family Turdidae.

Member of the thrush family Turdidae.

It was formerly considered a subspecies of the common blackbird.

Chinese blackbird

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Member of the thrush family Turdidae.

Member of the thrush family Turdidae.

It was formerly considered a subspecies of the related common blackbird (T. merula).