Males show black median coverts, so the red epaulet lacks a yellow border. The male tri­colored blackbird has a thinner, more pointed bill, a white epaulet border, colder gray-buff upperpart ...

Monotypic. Length 9". A summer rusty blackbird is similar, but it has a more slender pointed bill. The male Brewer’s is more strongly glossy, showing blue on head and green on body. In winter ...

In some parts of the country, most notably London, blackbird populations have dropped ... a disease that can be transmitted from an animal to a human – had emerged in animal hosts in the country.