Western European Blackbird
S5, Immature Male
South Australian Bassian Thrush
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| Western European Blackbird S5, Immature Male | | South Australian Bassian Thrush Profile | | ||
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 | 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: | 🔍Eggs🔎 | Other names: | Common Blackbird or Eurasian Blackbird | Thank you Tony and Jenny Dominelli (Cinclosoma) & 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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