Urban Bird Diversity Was More Strongly Linked to Forest Structure Than the Surrounding City
Across 12 urban forests in three Italian cities, researchers recorded 2,035 birds from 52 species. Local forest structure…
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Research, conservation and important developments connected to this species.
Older Female Blackbirds Used More Human-Made Items in Their Nests
An eight-year study of an urban Blackbird population in Szczecin, Poland, found that human-made nest material was common…
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Targeted Restoration Raised the Modelled Share of Functionally Connected Blackbird Breeding Habitat to 90.8% in Gijón
VHF telemetry from 13 adult Eurasian blackbirds in Gijón was used to model breeding habitat and connectivity. Under…
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Fieldfare and Song Thrush Confirmed as New Intermediate Hosts of Sarcocystis turdusi
Across 72 dead thrushes from Lithuania and Russia’s Kaliningrad region, DNA confirmed fieldfare and song thrush as new…
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Urban Blackbird Nest-site Choice Showed Near-zero Heritability and Strong Plasticity
Across more than 2,000 breeding attempts over 27 years in Szczecin, nest location, height and concealment showed almost…
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Habitat and Prey Traits Shaped Sparrowhawk Diet Around 62 Czech Nests
A 2026 Czech study of 1,107 prey items from 62 Eurasian sparrowhawk nests found that diet composition varied…
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Dutch Models Indicated the Blackbird–Mosquito Cycle Could Not Sustain Usutu Virus Alone
Models fitted to Dutch surveillance data from 2016–2022 indicated that the blackbird–mosquito cycle could not sustain Usutu virus…
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Usutu-Infected Blackbird Brains Showed Strong Activation of Programmed Cell Death
A study of naturally infected blackbirds found strong activation of programmed cell death in brain tissue during Usutu…
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Eurasian Sparrowhawk Spring Passage Varied With the Timing of Bird Prey
Forty years of ringing data at Hel Peninsula in northern Poland linked year-to-year spring passage of Eurasian sparrowhawks…
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Common Grasshopper Warblers and Eurasian Tree Sparrows Declined Sharply at a Portuguese Ringing Station
A 27-year Portuguese ringing study found declines in all five long-distance migrants; common grasshopper warblers now barely occur…
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Two Innate Immune Measures Increased With Urbanization in Adult Blackbirds, but Not Nestlings
Two innate immune measures increased with urbanization in adult Eurasian blackbirds in the Netherlands, while no corresponding relationships…
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Migratory Blackbirds Had Longer Telomeres but Similar Mitochondrial DNA Copy Numbers
Migratory Eurasian blackbirds on Helgoland had greater relative telomere length than resident birds, while mitochondrial DNA copy number…
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Eurasian Blackbird Immune Function Stayed Stable Through Moult
Four measures of innate immune function remained stable through moult in 72 wild Eurasian blackbirds in Lund, with…
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Migrant Blackbirds Had Higher Levels of the Gut Hormone PYY During Stopover
A study of 98 free-living Eurasian blackbirds on Helgoland found higher levels of the gut hormone peptide YY…
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Denmark’s First Detected Usutu Virus Outbreak Primarily Affected Eurasian Blackbirds
Denmark’s first detected Usutu virus outbreak in 2024 included 56 positive Eurasian blackbirds among 85 examined, plus two…
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