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Side-by-Side Comparison

السمة	Slaty-backed Nightingale-thrush	Common Blackbird
الاسم العلمي	Catharus fuscater	Turdus merula
الرتبة	Passeriformes	Passeriformes
الفصيلة	Turdidae	Turdidae
حالة الحفاظ	Least Concern	Least Concern
الطول	—	25,0 cm (9.8 in)
طول الجناح	17,7 cm (7.0 in)	36,0 cm (14.2 in)
الوزن	36,266666666666666 g (1.28 oz)	100,0 g (3.53 oz)
النظام الغذائي	--	Earthworms, insects, berries, and fruit. Forages on the ground, turning over leaf litter. Famously pulls …
عدد البيض في الوضع	1-2	3-5
Population Trend	—	—

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Size Comparison

Body Length

Slaty-backed Nightingale-thrush —

Common Blackbird 25,0 cm

طول الجناح

Slaty-backed Nightingale-thrush 17,7 cm

Common Blackbird 36,0 cm

الوزن

Slaty-backed Nightingale-thrush 36,266666666666666 g

Common Blackbird 100,0 g

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Habitat Comparison

الموائل المشتركة

🌲 Forest

Slaty-backed Nightingale-thrush only

بلا

Common Blackbird only

🌾 Grassland

Common Blackbird

Woodland, hedgerows, gardens, and parks. One of the most common garden birds across Europe.

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Song & Call Comparison

Slaty-backed Nightingale-thrush

Common Blackbird

الغناء

Arguably Britain's finest songster: rich, flute-like phrases with deep, mellow quality. Sings persistently at dusk. Alarm is a sharp 'chook-chook'. Song includes liquid 'pew' notes.

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Geographic Range & Migration

Slaty-backed Nightingale-thrush

Common Blackbird

Europe, Asia, and North Africa. Introduced to Australia and New Zealand. Northern populations are migratory.

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حالة الحفاظ

Least Concern

Slaty-backed Nightingale-thrush

Least Concern

Common Blackbird

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How to Tell Them Apart

Slaty-backed Nightingale-thrush

Common Blackbird

الريش

Males are jet black with a bright yellow-orange bill and eye-ring. Females are dark brown with mottled underparts and a dull yellowish bill.

المنقار

Bright yellow-orange bill in males, dull brownish in females

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About These Birds

Slaty-backed Nightingale-thrush

Common Blackbird

The common blackbird is one of Europe's most familiar and best-loved songbirds, celebrated for its rich, fluting song delivered from rooftop and treetop perches at dawn and dusk. Originally a shy woodland bird, it has colonized urban environments over the past two centuries and become one of the most successful urban adapters.

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