Bird Turdus merula of the thrush family. The male is black with a yellow bill and eyelids, the female dark brown with a dark beak. About 25 cm/10 in long, it lays three to five blue-green eggs with brown spots. Its song is rich and flutelike.
Found across Europe and Asia, the blackbird adapts well to human presence and gardens, and is one of the most common British birds. North American “blackbirds” belong to a different family of birds, the Icteridae.
Common black European thrush; SYN. merl, merle, ouzel, ousel, European blackbird, Turdus merula. + prikaži više