We call it a “Merel” in the Netherlands :) the black ones are males, females are brown.
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It sounds the same as French. We call it "merle".
… what do Belgians call it, we must find the union.
Lovely songs every morning and late afternoon.
The real name is a bit dull, it's true
Is it call a Blackbird in English or is it just a colour description ?
They are indeed called blackbirds.
It's a good example of English being thunderously prosaic. In French they're called merles. Even German sounds more romantic: Amsel.
Schwarzdrossel if you want to cleave closer to english, "black thrush".
Koltrast in Swedish, meaning Coal thrush
Interesting, probably trast and drossel are distantly related words!
The two German names are for the same bird?
Amsel is Schwarzdrossel, yes, even though Amsel is in my experience the much more common term.
Thank you for helping me improve my German as I improve in English (^_^)