unusual bird

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kst50176
unusual bird

Can anyone identify this bird I saw in the back yard today. It sort of looks like a blackbird, maybe a young because of the 'mottley' head and neck? But the tail is more like a wattle bird or at least not the same as a blackbird. However it did do a bit of the flick up action of a blackbird tail. It looks like a 'crossbread' of something. Is this possible?

timrp
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It is an immature male Blackbird transitioning into its adult plumage.

kst50176

Thanks Tim, I sort of thought something like that, the tail shape just threw me a bit.

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