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Eurasian Blackbird (male)

Turdus merula merula

Photo by Liana
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Description:

This beautiful male has "glossy black plumage, blackish-brown legs, a yellow eye-ring and an orange-yellow bill." (Wiki) The Eurasian Blackbird is an introduced and now naturalised species.
Check out the female in this spotting: https://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/1952612459

Habitat:

Chilling on the branch of this tree on the edge of the drop down to the creek in the Botanic Gardens.

Notes:

A great story from a couple of years ago: https://www.stuff.co.nz/southland-times/news/features/116255135/unflinc…

Reference Links:

Common blackbird - Wikipedia, Eurasian blackbird | New Zealand Birds Online

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PublishedOctober 9, 2021

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