{"id":18245,"date":"2020-04-29T14:14:02","date_gmt":"2020-04-29T11:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kykpee.org\/?p=18245"},"modified":"2020-04-29T14:14:02","modified_gmt":"2020-04-29T11:14:02","slug":"the-species-of-december-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kykpee.org\/en\/the-species-of-december-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"The species of December 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Name<\/strong>: Blackbird<\/span>
\nScientific name:<\/strong> Turdus<\/em> merula<\/em> \u2013 Linnaeus<\/span>
\nKingdom<\/strong>: Animalia<\/span>
\nPhylum<\/strong>: Chordata<\/span>
\nClass<\/strong>: Aves<\/span>
\nOrder<\/strong>: Passeniformes<\/span>
\nFamily<\/strong>: Turdidae<\/span>
\nGenus<\/strong>: Turdus
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Description
\n<\/strong>The male is black with the exception of the eye ring and the beak which are yellow. The female has a dark brown color on the upper part (wings, back, head, tail) and light brown on the lower part with dark spots on the chest. The beak is dark with a very light yellow color. They also have different vocals, while the young birds look like females.<\/span><\/p>\n

Habitat
\n<\/strong>It is common in forests, shrubs, gardens and residential areas.<\/span><\/p>\n

Food
\n<\/strong>It feeds on insects, worms, snails and fruit trees and shrubs (eg berries).<\/span><\/p>\n

Spreading
\n<\/strong>For Cyprus it is a common winter visitor. They arrive in October and leave in February to March. Some couples stay in Cyprus to spend the winter and reproduce. Nests have been identified in Troodos.<\/span><\/p>\n

It is found throughout Europe, the Middle and Far East as far as India and China, and is also found in North Africa and Australia but is absent from the Americas.<\/span><\/p>\n

Reproduction
\n<\/strong>In its nest, which is made of grass and leaves mixed with mud and placed on trees or shrubs, it lays 3-5 eggs with dark brown spots and which only the female threads for 13-14 days. The chicks leave the nest in about 15 days. They give birth once or twice a year from April to June.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sources<\/strong><\/span>:<\/span>
\n<\/strong>[1]<\/strong> \u0392\u03b9\u03b2\u03bb\u03af\u03bf \u00ab\u03a4\u03b1 \u03c0\u03bf\u03c5\u03bb\u03b9\u03ac \u03c0\u03bf\u03c5 \u03c6\u03c9\u03bb\u03b9\u03ac\u03b6\u03bf\u03c5\u03bd \u03c3\u03c4\u03b7\u03bd \u039a\u03cd\u03c0\u03c1\u03bf\u00bb -\u03a3\u03c5\u03b3\u03ba\u03c1\u03cc\u03c4\u03b7\u03bc\u03b1 \u03a4\u03c1\u03ac\u03c0\u03b5\u03b6\u03b1\u03c2 \u039a\u03cd\u03c0\u03c1\u03bf\u03c5<\/span><\/span>
\n[2]<\/strong> \u03a0\u03c4\u03b7\u03bd\u03bf\u03bb\u03bf\u03b3\u03b9\u03ba\u03cc\u03c2 \u03a3\u03cd\u03bd\u03b4\u03b5\u03c3\u03bc\u03bf\u03c2 \u039a\u03cd\u03c0\u03c1\u03bf\u03c5 \u2013 \u039b\u03b5\u03c5\u03ba\u03c9\u03c3\u03af\u03b1 1997<\/span>
\n[3]<\/strong> \u0392\u03b9\u03b2\u03bb\u03af\u03bf \u00ab\u03a4\u03b1 \u03c0\u03bf\u03c5\u03bb\u03b9\u03ac \u03c4\u03b7\u03c2 \u039a\u03cd\u03c0\u03c1\u03bf\u03c5\u00bb \u2013 \u039b\u03bf\u03c5\u03ba\u03ac \u03a7\u03c1\u03b9\u03c3\u03c4\u03bf\u03c6\u03cc\u03c1\u03bf\u03c5<\/span>
\n[4]<\/strong> http:\/\/el.wikipedia.org<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Image source:<\/span>
\n<\/strong>http:\/\/el.wikipedia.org<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Name: Blackbird Scientific name: Turdus merula \u2013 Linnaeus Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Passeniformes Family: Turdidae Genus: Turdus Description The male is black with the exception of the eye ring and the beak which are yellow. The female has a dark brown color on the upper part (wings, back, head, tail) and light …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[288],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-unpublished-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kykpee.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kykpee.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kykpee.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kykpee.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kykpee.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18245"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/kykpee.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18245\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18247,"href":"https:\/\/kykpee.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18245\/revisions\/18247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kykpee.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kykpee.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kykpee.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}