
Common Blackbird
Turdus merula
Poole, Dorset, England, 00:57, 30 October 2016 (Paul Morton). Flight calls of several nocturnal migrants passing an inner-city listening post. Background: Song Thrush T philomelos; we have edited out three Redwing T iliacus calls that could have caused confusion; one is still present, coinciding with a Blackbird call at 0:10.161030.PM.005700.12
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Identification

a) Common Blackbird Turdus merula Poole, Dorset, England, 03:44, 30 October 2016 (Paul Morton). Single flight call of a nocturnal migrant, with another further away. Background: singing European Robin Erithacus rubecula. 161030.PM.034400.02
b) Common Blackbird Turdus merula Besh Barmag, Siyazan, Azerbaijan, 03:07, 3 April 2019 (BB). Three flight calls of a nocturnal migrant. First call shown. Background: Long-eared Owl Asio otus and Song Thrush T philomelos. 190403.MR.030728.01
c) Common Blackbird Turdus merula Besh Barmag, Siyazan, Azerbaijan, 01:27, 21 November 2018 (BB). Single flight call of a nocturnal migrant, with other individuals further away. First call shown. 181121.MR.012717.12

d) Common Blackbird Turdus merula Poole, Dorset, England, 03:25, 30 October 2016 (Paul Morton). Flight calls of several nocturnal migrants. First call shown. Background: Song Thrush T philomelos and Redwing T iliacus. 161030.PM.032500.02
e) Common Blackbird Turdus merula Poole, Dorset, England, 02:59, 30 October 2016 (Paul Morton). Single flight call of a nocturnal migrant. Background: Redwing T iliacus. 161030.PM.025900.02
f) Common Blackbird Turdus merula Besh Barmag, Siyazan, Azerbaijan, 00:42, 5 November 2018 (BB). Single flight call of a nocturnal migrant, with others in the distance. First call shown. 181105.MR.004252.02

g) Common Blackbird Turdus merula Besh Barmag, Siyazan, Azerbaijan, 06:17, 29 October 2018 (BB). Three rather short flight calls of a nocturnal migrant. First call shown. 181029.MR.061707.02
h) Common Blackbird Turdus merula Poole, Dorset, England, 00:57, 30 October 2016 (Paul Morton). Single flight call of a nocturnal migrant, with other individuals further away. 161030.PM.005700.12
i) Common Blackbird Turdus merula Poole, Dorset, England, 01:04, 30 October 2016 (Paul Morton). Four flight calls of a nocturnal migrant. Second call shown. Background: Song Thrush T philomelos. 161030.PM.010400.12

j) Common Blackbird Turdus merula Poole, Dorset, England, 00:57, 30 October 2016 (Paul Morton). Double flight call of a nocturnal migrant, with another individual further away. Background: Song Thrush T philomelos and Redwing T iliacus. 161030.PM.005700.12
k) Common Blackbird Turdus merula Besh Barmag, Siyazan, Azerbaijan, 03:51, 25 November 2018 (BB). Double flight calls of nocturnal migrants, first one close, then another individual further away. First call shown. 181125.MR.035146.02

l) Common Blackbird Turdus merula Besh Barmag, Siyazan, Azerbaijan, 04:14, 29 October 2018 (BB). Double flight call of a nocturnal migrant. 181029.MR.041415.02
m) Common Blackbird Turdus merula Besh Barmag, Siyazan, Azerbaijan, 04:24, 30 October 2018 (BB). Five flight call of a nocturnal migrant, four of which are double calls. First one shown. There are several other individuals in the background. 181030.MR.042443.02
Effects of recording quality

o) Common Blackbird Turdus merula Besh Barmag, Siyazan, Azerbaijan, 06:58, 28 November 2018 (BB). Srrri-tuc-tuc call of an apparent nocturnal migrant. Background: distant cockerel and European Robin Erithacus rubecula. 181128.MR.065828.12

p) Common Blackbird Turdus merula Poole, Dorset, England, 01:46, 30 October 2016 (Paul Morton). Srrri-sra-cha-cha-cha-chak... of a nocturnal migrant. Background: Song Thrush T philomelos and Redwing T iliacus. 161030.PM.014600.12