Species group · Birds

Blackbirds

WAnimals has 3 species of blackbird, spread across 2 families (Cinclidae, Turdidae).

3 species

2 families

53 countries

249 parks

Ranges calculated from the entries that record the figure, not from all 3.

All 3 species of blackbirds on WAnimals

Each one has its own full entry. This group does not replace them: it brings them together.

White-throated Dipper

Cinclus cinclus

Ring Ouzel

Turdus torquatus

Common Blackbird

Turdus merula

3 Least Concern

No species documented in this group is genuinely at risk according to the IUCN, with the data available today.

Recorded in 53 countries. The ones with the most species in the group:

It is the only passerine in the world that dives and walks along the river bed: it grips the stones with its claws and uses the current over its angled back to hold itself down instead of floating up.
From White-throated Dipper
It has a transparent third eyelid that it uses as diving goggles, nostrils with a flap that closes underwater, and a preen gland ten times larger than that of a land bird to waterproof its plumage.
From White-throated Dipper
Its presence on a stretch of river is used as an official indicator of water quality in several European countries.
From White-throated Dipper
It is told from the blackbird by a bold white crescent on the breast.
From Ring Ouzel
The juniper woods of south-eastern Spain and Sierra Nevada are an essential wintering ground for the European population: thousands of ring ouzels depend every winter on the juniper berry crop of those sierras.
From Ring Ouzel
It is far shyer than the common blackbird: it lives on open mountain, flies off at a great distance and is detected more by its dry, repeated alarm call than by direct sighting.
From Ring Ouzel
The colour of the male's bill reflects how well he has fed, and females use it to choose a mate.
From Common Blackbird
Only the males are entirely black; females are brown.
From Common Blackbird