Common blackbird vs Wallcreeper
The common blackbird is heavier: 102.7 g against 17.6 g for the wallcreeper, about 5.8 times the weight.
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What is the difference between a common blackbird and a wallcreeper?
Each point below is worked out from a pair of recorded values.
- The common blackbird is heavier: 102.7 g against 17.6 g for the wallcreeper, about 5.8 times the weight.
- They share the order Passeriformes but sit in different families: Common blackbird in Turdidae, Wallcreeper in Tichodromidae.
- Both are listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.
Side by side
| Common blackbird | Wallcreeper | |
|---|---|---|
| Scientific name | Turdus merula | Tichodroma muraria |
| Family | Turdidae | Tichodromidae |
| Order | Passeriformes | Passeriformes |
| Weight | 97.5 g – 102.7 g | 14.5 g – 18.2 g |
| Length | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Lifespan | 21.1 years | Not recorded |
| Main food | fruits | Not recorded |
| Habitat | forest | rocky |
| Conservation status | Least Concern | Least Concern |
| Countries recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
A scale drawing needs a recorded length for both animals; only weights are on record for this pair.
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