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Hi Akshada and a warm welcome to you from all the Staff and Moderators.
It looks like a female Blackbird, but I've moved your post to the ID forum and subscribed you to the thread so that you can find it easily. You will receive an email with a link to click on which will bring you straight here.
Just in case they think it's a juvenile!
I'm sure you will enjoy it here and I look forward to hearing your news.
It looks like a female Blackbird, but I've moved your post to the ID forum and subscribed you to the thread so that you can find it easily. You will receive an email with a link to click on which will bring you straight here.
Just in case they think it's a juvenile!
I'm sure you will enjoy it here and I look forward to hearing your news.
Nutcracker
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Agree with a young Blackbird / Amsel Turdus merula :t:
Deb Burhinus
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I would be interested how you are aging this as a ‘young’ Blackbird because unless you can see moult limits on the wing, (which I can’t from this image), it’s very difficult age a Blackbird this time of year?
Females adults are also often quite speckly and rufous on the upper breast- (the greyish tones on the throat and head might even suggest an ‘elderly’ female) -
https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/257417431
https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/258707821
Nutcracker
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I was thinking it was just a bit too rufous and speckly for an adult!
Deb Burhinus
Used to be well known! 😎
speckly rufous female
https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Image:Blackbird_Female_1.jpg
I think the saturation levels are a bit high on the OP image making it more intensely coloured - juveniles undergo a full body moult and most of the coverts - we can only age a 1cy bird this time of year by seeing the moult contrast between retained juvenile coverts and the fresh darker adult-type coverts. Without a view of the wing, it’s probably safer to leave it just as ‘female’ imo.
https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Image:Blackbird_Female_1.jpg
I think the saturation levels are a bit high on the OP image making it more intensely coloured - juveniles undergo a full body moult and most of the coverts - we can only age a 1cy bird this time of year by seeing the moult contrast between retained juvenile coverts and the fresh darker adult-type coverts. Without a view of the wing, it’s probably safer to leave it just as ‘female’ imo.
Nutcracker
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Strong orange cast on that pic (evident in vegetation & wood), I'd not use it for comparing plumage tones! :t:
Deb Burhinus
Used to be well known! 😎
If you want to say definitely this is a juvenile, go with that. It may be a very late fledger and still in juvenile plumage with juvenile body feathers.
I’m not asking you to take my word for it but I would personally reserve judgement however, especially this time of the year, unless I could see rufous tips to the wing coverts (indicating juvenile) or moult contrasts on the wing (for 1cy) or an evenly moulted plumage indicating adult. :t:
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