Today we are going to talk about blackbird: Turdus merula.
The Blackbird can be found in the Parque da Cidade and the Botanical Garden of Porto. It is an animal quite easy to identify, because of its black body (in the males' case), its orange beak and quite large legs and tail.
Sometimes they are confused with the black starling, whose difference is in the feather's glow. On females, the plumage is brownish and it is frequent to present some stripes. One thing is certain - blackbirds are not weird in their alimentation. From worms, insects and fruits, their diet is varied.
Over time they have adapted to urban places and like to live there, being very popular in our cities. In fact, blackbird is the national bird of Sweden, for example.
The presence of this animal in our daily lives is frequent. For example, the mythological symbology associated with its 3 meters, sitting and singing in the "Tree of the World" puts who is listening to it in a species of trance and allows that person to travel to another world. Or the belief that the blackbirds can convey mythical secrets.
The most well-known legend is the one of the cherry blackbird, illustrated in the following comic strip by a primary school boy.
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Author: Susana Martinho
Edited by: Pedro Valente Lima
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