Editing Common blackbird (section)

===Songs and calls===
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|[[File:Common Blackbird (Turdus merula) (W1CDR0001425 BD22).ogg|90px|noicon|left]] [[:File:Common Blackbird (Turdus merula) (W1CDR0001425 BD22).ogg|Song 4]]
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|[[File:Common Blackbird (Turdus merula) (W1CDR0001525 BD22).ogg|90px|noicon|left]] [[:File:Common Blackbird (Turdus merula) (W1CDR0001525 BD22).ogg|Alarm calls]]
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In its native [[Northern Hemisphere]] range, the first-year male common blackbird of the nominate race may start singing as early as late January in fine weather in order to establish a territory, followed in late March by the adult male. The male's song is a varied and melodious low-pitched fluted warble, given from trees, rooftops or other elevated perches<ref>{{Cite web |title=Blackbird - learn its song and calls |url=https://www.birdsong.academy/species-guide/blackbird |access-date=2024-05-20 |website=Birdsong Academy |language=en-US}}</ref> mainly in the period from March to June, sometimes into the beginning of July. It has a number of other calls, including an aggressive ''seee'', a ''pook-pook-pook'' alarm for terrestrial predators like cats, and various ''chink'' and ''chook, chook'' vocalisations. The territorial male invariably gives ''chink-chink'' calls in the evening in an attempt (usually unsuccessful) to deter other blackbirds from roosting in its territory overnight.<ref name=Snow/> During the northern winter, blackbirds can be heard quietly singing to themselves, so much so that September and October are the only months in which the song cannot be heard.<ref name=gbirds>{{cite web | title=Blackbird | url=http://www.garden-birds.co.uk/birds/blackbird.htm | publisher=British Garden Birds | access-date=4 January 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160109153322/http://www.garden-birds.co.uk/birds/blackbird.htm | archive-date=2016-01-09 | url-status=dead }}</ref> Like other passerine birds, it has a thin high ''seee'' alarm call for threats from [[bird of prey|birds of prey]] since the sound is rapidly attenuated in vegetation, making the source difficult to locate.<ref name= burton>{{cite book| last = Burton| first = Robert| title = Bird behaviour| year = 1985| location = London| publisher = Granada| page = [https://archive.org/details/birdbehaviour0000burt/page/125 125]| isbn = 0-246-12440-7| url = https://archive.org/details/birdbehaviour0000burt/page/125}}</ref>

The nominate subspecies ''T. m. merula'' is known to mimic sounds in the local environment, including the songs of other birds, as well as human sounds and technology such as whistling and car alarms.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Blackbird: bird song and calls {{!}} Sussex Wildlife Trust |url=https://sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/news/blackbird-bird-song-and-calls |access-date=2025-02-25 |website=sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk}}</ref>