Common Blackbird
Turdus merula
The male is black with an orange-yellow bill and eye-ring, while the female is dark brown with a slightly speckled throat. Once a shy forest bird, it only began colonising towns in the 19th century – today its fluting song is often heard there even before dawn.
- Group
- Songbirds
- Photos
- 2
- Taken
- 2021–2022
Profile: Common Blackbird
- Family
- Thrushes (Turdidae)
- Size
- 24–27 cm
- Wingspan
- approx. 34–38.5 cm
- Weight
- approx. 71–150 g
- Habitat
- Originally woodland with dense undergrowth, today equally parks, cemeteries and gardens right into city centres.
- Diet
- Earthworms, insects and snails taken from the ground, plus plenty of berries and fruit in summer and autumn.
- When to see
- Seen all year in Central Europe; some local birds move to southern Europe or North Africa for the winter, while northern populations migrate south.
Learn more: Wikipedia · NABU (German)