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Blackbird

Genus:  Turdus Merula

Size:  25cm
 
Notes:  One of the many introduced species which are common in young plantation forests and fire breaks, but its startled alarm calls can also be heard in mature forests. It feeds on the ground, eating invertebrates but it also eats fruit.
 
 


    



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