Common Blackbird
Turdus merula
Rushworth, C Vic IMG_8480 20190926 - male: entirely black w. yellow bill & eye-ring.
Notes: Narrow yellow eye-ring. Male black w. orange-yellow bill. Female
dark brown above,
paler below, brown-ish-yellow bill. Immature greyish bill. Juvenile
streaked mantle & wing-
coverts. Flicks wings and tail when alarmed. In well-watered
gardens, wet forest gaps.
Range from Pizzey & Knight©
Glenrowan Tourist Park, N Vic IMG_6116 20211111 - female
Mt Annan Botanic Gardens, S NSW IMG_1154 20190620 - male
Glenrowan Tourist Park, N Vic IMG_0734 20190616 - female
Lake Cooper, Corop, C Vic IMG_8661 20190928 - female
Black Rock, Vic IMG_3452 20161222 - female on nest.
Settlement, Lord Howe Island IMG_0546 20200302 - juvenile: streaked mantle and wing-coverts.
Ned's Beach, Lord Howe Island IMG_3151 20200308 - later juvenile: some streaking on wing-coverts.
Mt Annan Botanic Gardens, S NSW MVI_1153 20190620 - male
Mt Annan Botanic Gardens, S NSW MVI_1195 20190620 - females
Ned's Beach, Lord Howe Island IMG_3090 20200308 - male in partial moult.