Turdus merula

Eurasian Blackbird at Michelago, NSW

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Identification history

	Turdus merula	14 Jun 2018	ChrisDavey
	Turdus merula	11 Jun 2018	Illilanga

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Private property. No public access without permission. Juvenile? I contemplated Bassian Thrush from the shape but the colour is too dark. Very shy bird. Eastern rosella in the third photo for size comparison.

4 comments

ChrisDavey wrote:

13 Jun 2018

Hi, my thought is Bassian Thrush. I will send image to others for their thoughts. Chris

natureguy wrote:

13 Jun 2018

This is actually a juvenile or immature Eurasian Blackbird.

Illilanga wrote:

13 Jun 2018

This is my dilemma! I remember that I took the photo because it seemed to be a very unusual looking bird for our area; one that I hadn't seen before. It didn't make a lot of noise and didn't hang around for long; hence the crappy photos. We don't get many Blackbirds here either.

ChrisDavey wrote:

15 Jun 2018

Now confirmed by others that it is a young Blackbird so happy to give it a tick.
Chris

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1 Abundance
2 Jan 2014 07:17 AM Recorded on
Illilanga Recorded by
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Illilanga Completed Birds Other Birds Intermediate size Illilanga Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

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Turdus merula Scientific name
Eurasian Blackbird Common name
Not Sensitive
Exotic
Minor weed or pest
Up to 957.5m Recorded at altitude
139 images trained Machine learning

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