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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 ), [ 2 ] or simply the blackbird where this does not lead to confusion with a similar-looking local species.
Louisiana waterthrushes nest in a rock crevice, mud bank or amongst tree roots, laying 4–6 eggs in a cup nest from late May to mid-June. Both parents construct the nest, which is built from wet, muddy leaves, pine needles, grass, and small twigs. The female Louisiana waterthrush incubates the eggs for 12 or 13 days.
The mistle thrush has been known to kill slowworms and the young of the song thrush, blackbird and dunnock. [13] Plant food includes the fruits and seeds of bushes and trees, mainly holly, yew, rowan, ivy and mistletoe, but also, for example, blackberry, cotoneaster, crab apple, cherry, elder, hawthorn, olive, sea-buckthorn, and rose.
Swainson's thrush: Catharus ustulatus (Nuttall, 1840) 38 Black-billed nightingale-thrush: Catharus gracilirostris Salvin, 1865: 39 Hermit thrush: Catharus guttatus (Pallas, 1811) 40 Russet nightingale-thrush: Catharus occidentalis Sclater, PL, 1859: 41 Ruddy-capped nightingale-thrush: Catharus frantzii Cabanis, 1861: 42 Grey-cheeked thrush
The clutch is 3–6 pale blue or greenish-blue eggs flecked with reddish-brown. [15] The eggs are 30 mm × 22 mm (1.18 in × 0.87 in) in size and weigh 7.4 grams (0.26 oz) of which 6% is shell. Incubation is almost always by the female, hatching typically occurring after 13 days. The altricial, downy chicks fledge in another 14 days. [23]
It's a big day for bird lovers in the United States. Michael Sanchez from Oregon happened to be at the beach recently when he snapped a photo of a rare sighting — a Blue Rock Thrush — a breed ...
Two or three reddish-blotched green or blue eggs are laid. [8] It is fairly common in most of its range, and therefore listed as Least Concern by the IUCN. However, the yellow-legged thrush is a shy species, and the female in particular is difficult to see, since she does not sing and has a cryptic coloration. [9]
The black-capped blackbird (T. s. nigropileus) is resident up to about 1,820 metres (5,970 feet) in the Western Ghats of western India and the northern and central parts of the Western Ghats. Some populations migrate further south in winter. [4] The male is brownish slate-grey with a dark cap, and the female is mid-brown, paler below. [5]