Austral blackbird

Its plumage is entirely black with a slight bluish hint, and its physical features consist of black legs, black eyes, and a sharp beak with missing pigmentation in the head, chest, and wings.^[2] Compared to other birds in its family, the Austral Blackbird has a highly varied voice, and they do a lot of singing and calling together.^[3]

Their main habitats are woodlands, forests, lakeshores, beaches, fields, valley bottoms, and rocky shores.^[2] It is commonly found in small flocks of 6 to 20 in and around the forest, and never in the open land.^[2] Can be commonly found in protected areas in national parks around Chile and Argentina.^[2] They are found in protected areas where the conditions support proper living and breeding.^[2]

They are typically drawn to nectar and like feeding on different kinds of flowers.^[3] When the bird feeds on these plants it will create a yellow color from the nectar around their head and face that changes its look to the viewer's eye.^[3] They are considered omnivores and like feeding on seeds such as oats and wheat.^[2] They also like to eat wild fruits and regular fruits such as cherries and grapes.^[2]

Its population size and trend have remained stable, and the bird is not endangered as they are considered Least Concern with no current threats to their species.^[4] Its migration patterns are largely resident and they migrate to west-central Argentina, and on the Atlantic coast of Patagonia.^[2] Their exact population size is unknown but is around under 10,000.^[4]

The breeding season for the Austral Blackbird takes place between the months of October and December, and it is done in their nests made from plants and mud.^[2] They have nests located in Argentina with incubated eggs, and recently hatched chicks in mid-December.^[2] They only prefer to nest in habitats on hills usually found in trees in the forest and not open urban areas.^[2] They also have nests in Chile with 3 to 6 eggs made out of twigs, grass stems, bamboo leaves, and mud.^[2]