Western European Blackbird
S4, Female
Flinders Ranges
Western European Blackbird
Eggs
 
                      
Western European Blackbird (Turdus merula ssp merula)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Chordates (Chordata) - Birds (Aves)
Order: Perching Birds (Passeriformes)
Family: Thrush (Turdidae)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Western European Blackbird (Turdus merula ssp merula)
This Photo:     🔍S5, Immature Male🔎
Other names: Common Blackbird or Eurasian Blackbird

Thank you Tony and Jenny Dominelli & Paul Tavares for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found in the Flinders Ranges, Adelaide Hills and possibly elsewhere
Females are actually brown, only the males are black; with striking orange beaks & legs.
The nest was on the ground under ground-cover (ivy). The eggs were ~30mm long.

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This species is classed as If (Foreign Introduction)