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Friday, 7 October 2016

1-10-2016 CHELMSFORD, ESSEX - EURASIAN BLACKBIRD (JUVENILE) (Turdus merula)


Population size
162-492 Mlnlnn
Life Span
2.4-21 years
Weight
80-125
goz
g oz 
Length
23.5-29
cminch
cm inch 
Wingspan
34-38
cminch
cm inch 


The Common blackbird (Turdus merula) is a species of true thrush. It is also called the Eurasian blackbird (especially in North America, to distinguish it from the unrelated New World blackbirds), or simply the blackbird where this does not lead to confusion with a similar-looking local species. This common and conspicuous species has given rise to a number of literary and cultural references, frequently related to its song.

The adult male has glossy black plumage, blackish-brown legs, a yellow eye ring, and an orange-yellow bill. The bill darkens somewhat in winter. The adult female is sooty-brown with a dull yellowish-brownish bill, a brownish-white throat, and some weak mottling on the breast. The juvenile is similar to the female but has pale spots on the upperparts, and the very young juvenile also has a speckled breast. Young birds vary in the shade of brown, with darker birds presumably males. The first-year male resembles the adult male but has a dark bill and weaker eye ring, and its folded wing is brown, rather than black like the body plumage.