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At birth Baby blackbirds are born altricial and naked with spare tufts of downy feathers. The birds are blind and tiny, measuring just a few centimetres long. They're capable of squirming but can't shuffle around the nest for a couple of days at least. Baby blackbirds have gaping yellow mouths, which they present to their parents to feed.
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Its soothing song is popular, and it is one of the most common birds in the UK. Another distinguishing feature of male and female blackbirds is the length of their wings. Female blackbirds have shorter wings than male blackbirds on average. This is common in many different bird species as a result of sexual selection.
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The Blackbird (Turdus merula) can be found almost anywhere in the UK from gardens to the countryside, in woodlands and even near the coast.The male blackbird can be easily recognised by its orange yellow beak and an orange yellow ring around each eye, but the female blackbird isn't black but brown with dark spots and streaks on her breast.
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However, being black or, in the case of female Blackbirds dark brown, any light-coloured feathers show up particularly clearly. Indeed, several other species with all-black, or mostly black, plumage have been spotted with white feathers fairly often, including Carrion Crow (49 records) and Jackdaw (40).
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Last updated: 18 December 2023 Key takeaways Appearance Differences: Female blackbirds differ from males in colouration, having sooty-brown plumage with mottled patterns and dull yellow-brownish beaks, as opposed to the male's black plumage and bright orange eye rings and beaks.
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While male blackbirds are black, females are actually a dusky red-brown and have a more speckled appearance, particularly on the breast. Males have bright yellow eye-rings and beaks, while females' beaks and eye rings are a more muted shade of yellow.
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The female is mostly brown. Her chest is often lightly mottled in fairer, dull shades with a pale patch at her throat. Her beak is a deep yellowish-brown colour. Table of Contents Are juvenile blackbirds black? Regardless of their sex, juvenile blackbirds share the same colouring.
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Seen a bird and not sure what it is? Try our interactive bird identifier start here How do blackbirds breed? Blackbirds breed in spring can produce up to three clutches a year. Females build the nest alone sited in a shrub or a tree.
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Turdus merula (Linnaeus, 1758) B. BLABI 11870 Family: Passeriformes > Turdidae The Blackbird is one of our most common and familiar birds. It is particularly numerous in gardens, but can be found almost everywhere in Britain & Ireland, apart from the highest ground.
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Species information Category Thrushes, chats, flycatchers, starling, dipper and wren Statistics Length: 24cm Wingspan: 36cm Weight: 100g Average lifespan: 3 years Conservation status Common. Classified in the UK as Green under the Birds of Conservation Concern 5: the Red List for Birds (2021).
Female Blackbird. by paulbroad ePHOTOzine
(Know Everything) What does a female blackbird look like? There is a reason why female blackbirds have been named black for so long. The females in most bird species tend to be brown or grey, making them hard to distinguish from male birds. Male blackbirds are easily recognized by their black feathers and bright yellow beaks.
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How to recognise a blackbird egg. Blackbird eggs are rather eye-catching. About three centimetres large, blue-green in colour and speckled with brown spots, females lay three to six eggs per clutch. The blackbird's blue-green, speckled eggs are real eye-catchers [Photo: lorenza62/ Shutterstock.com]
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Female Blackbird. by paulbroad ePHOTOzine
Turdus merula Whether singing its cheery song at daybreak or rustling through the leaf litter along a hedgerow, the Eurasian Blackbird is a ubiquitous species of town and country. Blackbird with a beak full of worms, to take back to feed the hungry chicks Blackbird Close up of a female Blackbird Blackbird perched on a branch (male)
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1 / 4 How to identify Male Blackbirds are black with a bright orange-yellow beak and yellow eye-ring. Females are brown often with spots and streaks on their breasts and brown beak. The Blackbird is one of the most common UK birds and one of the most striking. Its mellow song is also a favourite. Call Blackbird Niels Krabbe / xeno-canto 02:18 Key