A report on Common blackbird and Mistle thrush
Although two European thrushes, the song thrush and mistle thrush, are early offshoots from the Eurasian lineage of Turdus thrushes after they spread north from Africa, the blackbird is descended from ancestors that had colonised the Canary Islands from Africa and subsequently reached Europe from there.
- Common blackbirdThey 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.
- Mistle thrush2 related topics with Alpha
Song thrush
1 linksThrush that breeds across the West Palearctic.
Thrush that breeds across the West Palearctic.
A molecular study indicated that the song thrush's closest relatives are the similarly plumaged mistle thrush (T. viscivorus) and Chinese thrush (T. mupinensis); these three species are early offshoots from the Eurasian lineage of Turdus thrushes after they spread north from Africa.
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
1 linksMember 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.
277) Common blackbird (Turdus merula)
283) Mistle thrush (Turdus viscivorus)