Male and female blackbirds
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Male and female blackbirds
Although blackbirds are probably New Zealand’s most widespread bird, not many people know that only the male (top) is actually black. It also has a distinctive orange beak. The female blackbird (bottom) is brown with a variegated underside. She builds the nest and incubates the eggs, but the male joins in feeding the nestlings.
Sound file from the Department of Conservation.
Whai muri
Natural Sciences Image Library of New Zealand
Reference: Bi0109LC1t.tif (top); DSCH0048Smd.JPG (bottom)
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