Blackbird (Eurasian)
(C) Cloudtail the Snow Leopard (shared under a CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 license)
Scientific Name: Turdus merula
Appearance: Sexes differ. Adult male: dark, uniformly black with bright yellow bill and eye-ring. Female: dark brown with some lighter mottling on centre of throat and rufous tinge on breast. Yellow-brown bill.
Song: Melodic, fluent, vociferous but mellow whistling. Variable, with large repertoire of phrases, which often end with a high-pitched ‘scratchy’ flourish.
When heard: Resident. Full song from mid- to late-February, continuing through to the end of the breeding season in August or September.
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