Common Blackbird
CommonGBIF 0.4·Dongniao Rarity Index1.21
Common Blackbird（学名：Turdus merula），是雀形目鸫科鸫属的鸟类。俗名: 百舌、反舌、黑鸫、黑鸟、黑山雀、牛屎、八日雀、中国黑鸫、乌(春鸟)，又称: "百舌"，中型鸟类，全身黑色，具黄色的喙和眼圏，鸣声嘹亮，春季尤其善于变化多端的鸣唱，因此有“百舌”之称。常见于欧洲、亚洲西部、北非等地，以及澳大利亚和新西兰的引入区。
Common Blackbird
25-26 cm. Male: dull black with yellow-orange bill/eye-ring; black legs. Female: bill yellow-brown; plumage dark brown; throat dull white, finely streaked darker. Immature: like female; bill brown, plumage mottled rufous. Singles, pairs: hops, runs on lawns; droops, flicks wings, jerks longish tail; jabs bill into soil. Short flights low, undulating; sustained flight fast, direct. Aggressive, territorial, vocal; pest in fruit, berries, grapes, seedlings. Part-albinos occur, mostly in urban populations.
- Other name
- Eurasian Blackbird.
- Similar Species
- Common Starling, Song Thrush.
- Voice
- serene, mellow, song; in alarm, ringing 'tchink, tchink'; anxious 'tsooi?'; screeching chatter; thin 'tseeep'.
- Habitat
- gardens, lawns, parks, orchards, citrus, vineyards, woodlands/forests, watercourses, coastal scrubs, islands.
- Breeding
- Sept.-Dec.
- Nest
- robust cup of grass, rootlets, bark, with mud, horse-manure.
- Eggs
- 3-5; blue-green, freckled, streaked, blotched red-brown, grey.
- Range & Status
- native to Europe, Asia; introduced Melbourne by 1862, later Sydney, Adelaide, Hobart, ACT. Common, widespread Tas., much of Vic., ACT and s. SA, from s. Flinders Ras. to s. Eyre Pen., Kangaroo I. In NSW, patchy over much of state except ne. coast and drier inland areas; present Cobar, Broken Hill. Penetrating into se. Q. Sedentary, dispersive, spreading.
- Distribution key to races
- 1. Turdus merula merula
