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ouzel

or ousel

Ring-ouzel (Turdus torquatus).

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Species (Turdus torquatus) of songbird in the thrush family, characterized by a white crescent on the breast. A blackish bird, about 10 in. (25 cm) long, it breeds locally in uplands from Britain and Norway to the Middle East. The name was formerly applied to a closely related European blackbird (T. merula). The dipper is often called water ouzel.

ouzel, ousel

1. short for ring ouzel or water ouzel (see dipper)

2. an archaic name for the (European) blackbird

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No references found			Walkers reported ring ouzels and snow buntings high in the Carneddau this week, with a few closer to sea level: a bunting at Rhoscolyn, four ouzels at South Stack and one on the Great Orme. bird notes by Daily Post (Liverpool, England) Dunlins declined in 59% of the South Pennines sites surveyed, meadow pipits in 29%, wheatears in 46%; twites in 80% and ring ouzels in 64% In contrast, the curlew increased in 108% of South Pennine sites, with whinchats increasing in 136%. WATCHING THE BIRDIES by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England) Eggs from song thrushes thinned 6 percent, mistle thrushes 4 percent, and ring ouzels 2 percent. Birds' eggs started to thin long before DDT by Milius, Susan / Science News			outside thread outside trim outside-air intake outside-in testing outsider Outsiders outsourcing outstanding leg outstation outward outward bound Outward Bound USA outwash outwash apron outwash cone outwash drift outwash fan outwash plain outwash terrace outwash train outwindow ouvarovite Ouwe, Hartmann von Ouyang Xiu ouzel ouzels ouzo Oval oval of Cassini oval window ovalbumin Ovaloid Ovambo Ovanes Abelian Ovanes Abgarovich Adamian Ovanes Adamian Ovanes Artemevich Abelian Ovanes Draskhanakertsi Ovanes Erznkatsi Ovanes Gevorkovich Zarifian Ovanes Imastaser Ovanes Shiraz Ovanes Tadevosovich Tumanian Ovanes Tatevosovich Shiraz Ovanes Tlkurantsi Ovanes Tumanian Ovanes Vorotnetsi Ovanes Zarifian Ovanesova, Arsha Ovanesova, Arsha Ambartsumovna Ovanisian, Nar			OUUK OUUSF OUV OUVA Ouvarovite Ouvarovite Ouverture Ouverture Ouverture Ouverture OUVGL OUVM Ouvrier Professionnel Ouvrier Spécialisé Ouvroir de Litterature Potentielle OUVS OUW OUWB OUWBC OUWC OUWCC Ouwe, Hartmann von OUWO Ouyang Xiu OUYC OUZ Ouze ouzel ouzel ouzels Ouzir Ouzir OUZIT ouzo ouzo ouzos ouzos OV OV ov(o)- ov- ov- OV-FLIR OV/D OV/TA ova ova ova ova Ova & Parasites Ova (disambiguation) Ova (disambiguation) ova and parasites test Ova Cysts Parasites OVAA OVAAA OVAAO OVAB OVAC OVAC Visual Systems

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