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Male blackbird (Turdus merula) with glossy black feathers and a bright yellow beak stands on mossy ground near red berries.
Listen: The song of the common blackbird
A black bird with yellow and red on its wings sitting on reeds. Illustration of a Brewer's blackbird (Euphagus cyanocephalus) perched on a thin branch, showing its iridescent dark plumage and bright yellow eye. Illustration of a rusty blackbird (Euphagus carolinus) perched on a thin branch, showing its dark plumage with rusty brown highlights and pale streaked underparts. Illustration of a red-winged blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) perched on a branch, showing its glossy black plumage and distinctive red and yellow shoulder patch. Hear the songs of many different birds.
Quizzes
Dromedary camels (Camelus dromedarius). Animals, mammals.
Ultimate Animals Quiz
Sea otter (Enhydra lutris), also called great sea otter, rare, completely marine otter of the northern Pacific, usually found in kelp beds. Floats on back. Looks like sea otter laughing. saltwater otters
Animal Group Names
pigeon. pigeon and dove. member of the order Columbiformes, family Columbidae
Ultimate Bird Trivia Quiz
Lion (panthera leo)
Deadliest Animals Quiz
Young chimpanzee dressed in a shirt and sweater vest, scratching his head thinking. (primates)
Wild Words from the Animal Kingdom Vocabulary Quiz

Blackbird: References & Edit History

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Article History

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Article title updated for style. Nov 13, 2026
Modified link of Web site: DigitalCommons at USU - Winter habitat associations of blackbirds and starlings wintering in the south-central United States (PDF). Aug 19, 2026
Add new Web site: USDA - Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service - Blackbirds (PDF). Nov 28, 2025
Add new Web site: DigitalCommons at USU - Winter habitat associations of blackbirds and starlings wintering in the south-central United States (PDF). Aug 23, 2025
Add new Web site: CiteSeerX - Measurement of Complacency in Blackbirds (PDF). Mar 22, 2025
Added media. Dec 13, 2024
Add new Web site: Frontiers - Frontiers in Psychology - If birds have sesamoid bones, do blackbirds have sesamoid bones? the modification effect with known compound words. Aug 16, 2024
Add new Web site: DigitalCommons at University of Nebraska - Lincoln - Blackbirds. Feb 29, 2024
Add new Web site: CORE - An Overview of the Current Blackbird Research (PDF). Dec 15, 2023
Media added. Oct 20, 2023
Links added. Sep 29, 2023
Add new Web site: British Trust for Ornithology - Blackbird. Sep 01, 2023
Add new Web site: BirdWatch Ireland - Blackbird. Aug 22, 2016
Add new Web site: Easy Science For Kids - Blackbird. Aug 22, 2016
Add new Web site: Animal Planet - Blackbird. Oct 31, 2013
Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - Blackbird. Oct 31, 2013
Add new Web site: Wildscreen Arkive - Blackbird. Mar 18, 2013
Add new Web site: Wildscreen Arkive - Blackbird. Mar 18, 2013
Add new Web site: The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds - Blackbird. Mar 18, 2013
Add new Web site: Birds of Britain - Blackbird. Mar 18, 2013
Add new Web site: New Zealand Birds - Blackbird. Mar 18, 2013
Added images of red-winged, Brewer's, and rusty blackbirds. Nov 18, 2009
Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - Animals - Blackbird. May 22, 2008
Added new Web site: Patuxent Wildlife Research Center - Tricolored Blackbird. Jan 15, 2008
Added new Web site: GlobalSecurity.org - Armed Islamic Group. Jan 15, 2008
Media added. May 10, 2007
Article added to new online database. May 04, 1999
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