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The Indian blackbird (''Turdus simillimus'') is a member of the thrush family Turdidae. It was formerly considered a subspecies of the common blackbird. It is found in India and Sri Lanka. The subspecies from most of the Indian subcontinent, ''simillimus'', ''nigropileus'', ''bourdilloni'', ''spencei'', and ''kinnissi'', are small, only 19–20 centimetres (7.5–8 in) long, and have broad eye-rings. They also differ in proportions, wing formula, egg colour and voice from the common blackbird.〔Collar, N. J. (2005). Indian Blackbird (''Turdus simillimus''). p. 646 in: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., & Christie, D. A. eds. (2005) ''Handbook of the Birds of the World.'' Vol. 10. Cuckoo-shrikes to Thrushes. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. ISBN 84-87334-72-5〕 ==Subspecies== *''T. m. nigropileus'' is resident up to about 1820 metres (6000 ft) in the Western Ghats of western India and the northern and central parts of the Western Ghats. Some populations migrate further south in winter.〔 The male is brownish slate-grey with a dark cap, and the female is mid-brown, paler below.〔 p222–228〕 It is small with a relatively broad yellow eye-ring.〔Collar, N. J. (2005). Indian Blackbird (''Turdus simillimus''). p. 646 in: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., & Christie, D. A. eds. (2005) ''Handbook of the Birds of the World.'' Vol. 10. Cuckoo-shrikes to Thrushes. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. ISBN 84-87334-72-5〕 *''T. m. spencei'', named for William Spence, British entomologist, is very similar to ''nigropileus'', but has a less distinct cap. It is resident in the Eastern Ghats of India. It is of dubious validity, and is often included in ''nigropileus'' with which it is said to integrade in the Nallamala Hills.〔 *''T. m. bourdilloni'', named for Thomas Fulton Bourdillon, Conservator of Forests in the then princely state of Travancore, is a common resident of the hills above 900 metres (3000 ft) in southern Kerala and Tamil Nadu. It resembles ''simillimus'' and intergrades with it in the Palni Hills,〔 but the male is uniform slate brown.〔 *''T. m. kinnisii'', named for John Kinnis, surgeon to the British military forces in what was then Ceylon, breeds in the hills of Sri Lanka above 900 metres (3000 ft). The male is uniformly blue-grey, and the female is similar but browner.〔 Size as in ''nigropileus'', but eye-ring more reddish-orange. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Indian blackbird」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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