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BLACKBIRD
  Bird Call
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25.5 cm long and weighs approx. 90 g. The male plumage is all black with a narrow yellow eye-ring and yellow bill. The female plumage is mostly brownish with a dark brown back, slightly lighter brown underpart, a mottled throat and a duller bill. Young Blackbirds resemble the female but are distinctly speckled and streaked with buff.
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| Call: |
When excited or alarmed its call is a loud chink-chink-chink call, also given when marking its overnight territory in the evenings. The Blackbird's song is a beautiful, clear and melodic arrangement of fluting notes, delivered rather slowly and culminating with a soft twitter.
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| Habitat: |
Traditionally the Blackbird was purely a woodland bird. Today it can be commonly spotted in areas of human habitation and in gardens and parks. The Blackbird is a summer visitor to Central Europe between April and October but in Britain the resident population is joined by a large number of immigrants in winter.
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| Distribution: |
The Blackbird is widely distributed across parts of Europe, South Asia and North Africa. |
| Biology: |
Diet consists of snails, worms, insects, fruits and berries. Blackbirds nest in hedges and bushes, on windowsills and roof beams that are mostly only a couple of meters above the ground. The Blackbird builds a large nest from plant matter and earth. The clutch consists of between 4 and 7 greenish-blue eggs with dense brownish mottling. 2 or even 3 broods a year; clutches from March.
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