Dark-colored songbirds, including species like thrushes and starlings, though usually referring to the common European blackbird.
From 'black' + 'bird', a compound word that's been used since at least the 1300s. The name simply describes the bird's appearance.
Male blackbirds are jet black with yellow beaks, but females are brown—for centuries, people didn't realize they were the same species, and females were sometimes called different names like 'ouzel' in different regions.
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