Common Blackbird
BIRDING ARAGÓNCommon Blackbird
Turdus merula
ES: mirlo común
Description
L: 24-25cm; W:34-39cm; Dark bird with a relatively long tail. Males are uniformly black, with deep black tail feathers; yellow beak and orbital ring; females with brown bill and plumage, lighter on the underparts and olive-brown tail feathers; whitish throat and dark stripes. Juvenile similar females, more striped and reddish.
- Observation difficulty: Easy
- Status: Resident
- Optimal Season: Dec-Jan
- Conservation Status: Protected species
- Hábitat: Not threatened
Best places to see in Aragón
ROUTES
- Route 1 The Western Valleys Natural Park
- Route 2 Ordesa and Monte Perdido National Park
- Route 3 Posets Maladeta Natural Park
- Route 4 Sierra Caballera
- Route 5 Sierra and Canyons of Guara Natural Park
- Route 6 Huesca and surroundings
- Route 7 Monegros and Bajo Cinca counties
- Route 8 Wetlands of the Cinco Villas county
- Route 9 Zaragoza and surroundings
- Route 10 Caspe and Mequinenza
- Route 11 Belchite and Bajo Martín counties
- Route 12 Sierra del Moncayo
- Route 13 Hoces del Jalón
- Route 14 Gallocanta Lagoon and surroundings
- Route 15 Maestrazgo
- Route 16 Around Teruel
- Route 17 Sierras of Gúdar and Javalambre
- Route 18 Sierra de Albarracín
- Route 19 Gorges and river woodland along the Jalon and Mesa Rivers
- Route 20 Mining basins
- Route 21 Bajo Aragón and Matarraña
PROVINCES
Huesca. Zaragoza. Teruel
REGIONS
Special Protected Areas (SPA)
