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ouzel

 or ousel

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Ring-ouzel (Turdus torquatus).
(credit: Drawing by John P. O'Neill/EB Inc.)
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.
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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
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