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  Eurasian Blackbird (Turdus merula)





Eurasian Blackbird | Turdus merula photo
Eurasian Blackbird

Photograph copyright: Nickolay Tilcheff - all rights reserved. Used with permission.

Eurasian Blackbird | Turdus merula photo
Eurasian Blackbird

Photograph copyright: Nickolay Tilcheff - all rights reserved. Used with permission.







EURASIAN BLACKBIRD FACTS

Description
Male: body black with yellow-orange bill and yellow-orange around the eye. Female: body dark brown, paler underneath with chin and throat white. Body up to 25 cm long.

Blackbirds were introduced to Australia in the 1850s and are now common and widespread. Males sing at both dusk and dawn.

Author credit: Museum Victoria Sciences Staff / Museum Victoria

Habitat
Farmlands, urban parks and gardens.

Food
Omnivore

Range
South-eastern mainland Australia and Tasmania.

distribution map showing range of Turdus merula in Australia

Credits:
Map is from Atlas of Living Australia website at https://biocache.ala.org.au licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.


Species Description is from Museums Field Guide, Atlas of Living Australia at website at https://lists.ala.org.au Licensed under Creative Commons Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.




Classification
Class:Aves
Order:Passeriformes
Family:Turdidae
Genus:Turdus
Species:merula
Common Name:Eurasian Blackbird

Relatives in same Genus
  Song Thrush (T. philomelos)
  Island Thrush (T. poliocephalus)