Editing Common blackbird (section)

==Description==
[[Image:Nederlandsche vogelen (KB) - Turdus merula (016f).jpg|thumb|Historic image of blackbirds in ''[[Nederlandsche Vogelen]]'' (1770)]]

The common blackbird of the [[subspecies#Nominate subspecies and subspecies autonyms|nominate]] subspecies ''T.&nbsp;m. merula'' is {{cvt|23.5|–|29|cm|in}} in length, has a long tail, and weighs {{cvt|80|–|125|g|oz}}. The adult male has glossy black [[plumage]], blackish-brown legs, a yellow eye-ring and an orange-yellow [[Beak|bill]]. The bill darkens somewhat in winter.<ref name= Collins/> The adult female is sooty-brown with a dull yellowish-brownish bill, a brownish-white throat and some weak mottling on the breast. The [[Juvenile (organism)|juvenile]] is similar to the female, but has pale spots on the upperparts, and the very young juvenile also has a speckled breast. Young birds vary in the shade of brown, with darker birds presumably males.<ref name= Collins/> The first year male resembles the adult male, but has a dark bill and weaker eye ring, and its folded wing is brown, rather than black like the body plumage.<ref name= Clement/>