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Eurasian, Chinese, Indian or Tibetan Blackbird
Turdus [merula, mandarinus, simillimus or maximus] (= Turdus merula) Linnaeus, C 1758
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Passeriformes
Family:
Turdidae
Genus:
Turdus
Scientific:
Turdus merula
Classification
Order:Passeriformes
Family:
Turdidae
Genus:
Turdus
Scientific:
Turdus merula
Original description
Citation:
Linnaeus, C 1758
Reference:
Systema Naturae ed. 10
1 p.170
Protonym:
Turdus Merula
Type locality:
in Europae sylvis; restricted to Sweden by Hartert, 1910, Vog. pal. Fauna, 1, p. 665.
Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277#page/189/mode/1up
Avibase identifiers
Avibase ID:
1BB50DE8362A4963
Avibase ID:
avibase-1BB50DE8
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/1BB50DE8
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 179757
Geographic range:
- Turdus merula merula: western Europe; introduced to southeastern Australia including Tasmania, and Norfolk and Lord Howe islands
- Turdus merula cabrerae: Madeira and western Canary Islands
- Turdus merula aterrimus: southeastern Europe to Crete, Rhodes, Caucasus, Transcaucasia, and northern Iran
- Turdus merula syriacus: southern Türkiye to Syria, northern Iraq, and southern Iran
- Turdus merula azorensis: Azores
- Turdus merula mauritanicus: North Africa (Morocco to Tunisia)
- Turdus mandarinus mandarinus: breeds eastern China (from southern Gansu and southern Shaanxi southward through eastern Sichuan to western Yunnan, eastward to Hebei and Guangdong); partially migratory, wintering to Hainan and northern Indochina
- Turdus mandarinus sowerbyi: east-central China (central Sichuan); resident?
- Turdus mandarinus intermedius: central Asia to northeastern Afghanistan, Pamirs, and Xinjiang; winters to southern Iraq
- Turdus simillimus simillimus: southwestern India (Mysore and western Madras)
- Turdus simillimus bourdilloni: southwestern India (Kerala)
- Turdus simillimus [nigropileus or spencei]: western, central, and southeastern India (mainly in the northern Western Ghats, Satpura Range, and Eastern Ghats)
- Turdus simillimus kinnisii: hills of Sri Lanka
- Turdus maximus: western Pakistan and India to Sikkim, Bhutan, and southeastern Tibet
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Source: Clements checklist
Eurasian, Chinese, Indian or Tibetan Blackbird
French:
Merle noir, M. de Chine, M. des Nilgiri ou M. de l'Himalaya
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| African Bird Club Checklist 2004: Eurasian Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 1] |
| African Bird Club Checklist August 2005: Eurasian Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 1] |
| African Bird Club Checklist March 2007: Eurasian Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 1] |
| African Bird Club Checklist January 2008: Eurasian Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 1] |
| African Bird Club Checklist May 2009: Eurasian Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 1] |
| African Bird Club Checklist March 2010: Eurasian Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (1931): European Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 19th suppl.): European Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 20th suppl.): European Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 21st suppl.): European Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 22nd suppl.): European Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 23rd suppl.): European Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 24th suppl.): European Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 25th suppl.): European Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 26th suppl.): European Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 27th suppl.): European Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 28th suppl.): European Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 29th suppl.): European Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 30th suppl.): European Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 31st suppl.): European Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 5th edition (1957): Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 5th edition (incl. 32nd suppl.): Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 5th edition (incl. 33rd suppl.): Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 5th edition (incl. 34th suppl.): Eurasian Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (1983): Eurasian Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 35th suppl.): Eurasian Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 36th suppl.): Eurasian Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 37th suppl.): Eurasian Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 38th suppl.): Eurasian Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 39th suppl.): Eurasian Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 40th suppl.): Eurasian Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 41st suppl.): Eurasian Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (1998): Eurasian Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 42nd suppl.): Eurasian Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 43rd suppl.): Eurasian Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 44th suppl.): Eurasian Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 45th suppl.): Eurasian Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 46th suppl.): Eurasian Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 47th suppl.): Eurasian Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 48th suppl.): Eurasian Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 49th suppl.): Eurasian Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 50th suppl.): Eurasian Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 51st suppl.): Eurasian Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 52nd suppl.): Eurasian Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 53rd suppl.): Eurasian Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 54th suppl.): Eurasian Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 55th suppl.): Eurasian Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 56th suppl.): Eurasian Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 57th suppl.): Eurasian Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 58th suppl.): Eurasian Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 59th suppl.): Eurasian Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 60th suppl.): Eurasian Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 61st suppl.): Eurasian Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 61st suppl. and addendum): Eurasian Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Eurasian, Chinese, Indian or Tibetan Blackbird ( Turdus [merula, mandarinus, simillimus or maximus]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Eurasian, Chinese, Indian or Tibetan Blackbird ( Turdus [merula, mandarinus, simillimus or maximus]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Eurasian, Chinese, Indian or Tibetan Blackbird ( Turdus [merula, mandarinus, simillimus or maximus]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Eurasian, Indian or Tibetan Blackbird ( Turdus [merula, simillimus or maximus]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Eurasian, Indian or Tibetan Blackbird ( Turdus [merula, simillimus or maximus]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Eurasian, Chinese, Indian or Tibetan Blackbird ( Turdus [merula, mandarinus, simillimus or maximus]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Eurasian, Chinese, Indian or Tibetan Blackbird ( Turdus [merula, mandarinus, simillimus or maximus]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Eurasian, Chinese, Indian or Tibetan Blackbird ( Turdus [merula, mandarinus, simillimus or maximus]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Eurasian, Chinese, Indian or Tibetan Blackbird ( Turdus [merula, mandarinus, simillimus or maximus]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Eurasian, Chinese, Indian or Tibetan Blackbird ( Turdus [merula, mandarinus, simillimus or maximus]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Eurasian, Chinese, Indian or Tibetan Blackbird ( Turdus [merula, mandarinus, simillimus or maximus]) |
| Birdlife checklist version 00: Eurasian Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 01: Eurasian Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 02: Eurasian Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 03: Eurasian Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 04: Eurasian Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012): Eurasian Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012): Eurasian Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013): Eurasian Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014): Eurasian Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Eurasian Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Eurasian Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 1] |
| Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009): Merle noir ( Turdus merula) [version 1] |
| Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993): Merle noir ( Turdus merula) [version 1] |
| Clements 1st edition: Common Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 1] |
| Clements 3rd edition: Common Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 1] |
| Clements 4th edition: Eurasian Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (as published): Eurasian Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions): Eurasian Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions): Eurasian Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions): Eurasian Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions): Eurasian Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions): Eurasian Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions): Eurasian Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition: Eurasian Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions): Eurasian Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions): Eurasian Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions): Eurasian Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions): Eurasian Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.50: Eurasian Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 2nd edition: Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl): Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published): Eurasian Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2): Eurasian Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1): Eurasian Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1): Eurasian Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4): Eurasian Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5): Eurasian Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6): Eurasian Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7): Eurasian Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8): Eurasian Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0: Common Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1: Common Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5: Common Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 1] |
| Morony, Bock and Farrand: Eurasian Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 1] |
| Oriental Bird Club: Eurasian Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 1] |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds: Turdus merula [version 1] |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Turdus merula [version 1] |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Turdus merula [version 1] |
| Sibley and Monroe (1993): Eurasian Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 1] |
| Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998): Eurasian Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 1] |
| Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0: Eurasian Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 1] |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Turdus merula [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: species group (sometimes a species)
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Other synonyms
See also the taxonomic synonyms table.
Arabic: الشحرور
Asturian: Miruellu, Ñerbatu
Azerbaijani: Qara qaratoyuğu
Belarusian: drozd, дрозд, Чорны дрозд
Bulgarian: kos, Кос
Bengali: পাতি কালিদামা
Breton: Ar voualc'h du, moualc'h zu
Catalan: Merla, Merla vulgar, Mèrlera, tord negre
Catalan (Balears): Mèrlera
Czech: drozd černý, kos, Kos cerný, Kos černý, kos èerný
Welsh: Aderyn du, Merwys, mwyalchen, Mwyalchen yr iâr, Pigfelen
Danish: Solsort
German: Amsel
Greek: (Κοινός) Κότσυφας, kotsifas, Κότσυφας
Greek (Cypriot): Μαυρόπουλλος
English: Blackbird, Common Blackbird, Eurasian Blackbird, Eurasian, Chinese, Indian or Tibetan Blackbird, Eurasian, Indian or Tibetan Blackbird, European Blackbird
Esperanto: merlo
Spanish: mirlo, Mirlo Comun, Mirlo Común
Estonian: Musträstas
Basque: Merla , zozo, Zozo arrunta
Finnish: Mustarastas, rastas
Faroese: Kverkveggja, kvørkveggja, Kvørkviski
French: merle, Merle noir, Merle noir, M. de Chine, M. des Nilgiri ou M. de l'Himalaya, Merle noir, M. des Nilgiri ou M. de l'Himalaya
Friulian: mierli
Frisian: swarte lyster
Irish: céirseach, lon dobh, Lon Dubh, merlo
Gaelic: Lon-Dubh
Galician: melro común, Merla , Merlo
Manx: lhondoo
Hebrew: שחרור
Croatian: Kos
Hungarian: Fekete rigó, Feketerigó
Armenian: [Sev Kernekh ], Սև Կեռնեխ
Icelandic: Svartþ:röstur, Svartþ:röstur, Svartþröstur
Italian: Merlo, Merlo comune
Japanese (romaji): kuro uta-dori, kuroutadori, Kuro-utadori
Japanese: クロウタドリ
Japanese (Kanji): 黒歌鳥
Georgian: შაშვი
Kazakh: Қара сайрақ
Kazakh (Transliteration): qara sayraq
Korean: 대륙검은지빠귀
Cornish: molgh dhu
Scientific: Turdus [merula, mandarinus, simillimus or maximus], Turdus [merula, simillimus or maximus], Turdus merula, Turdus merula merula
Ladino: merlo
Luxembourgish: Märel
Lithuanian: juodasis strazdas
Latvian: melnais meža strazds
Macedonian: kos, кос, Ќос
Malayalam: കരിങ്കിളി
Mongolian: Хар хөөндэй
Mongolian (Transliteration): khar khööndei
Maltese: malvizz iswed
Dutch: Merel
Norwegian: Solsort, Susvorta, Svarttrost, Svisvorta
Occitan: mèrle
Polish: kos, Kos zwyczajny
Pinyin: wū-dōng
Portuguese: melro, melro preto, Melro-preto
Romansh: merlotscha
Romanian: mierla-neagra, mierlă-neagră
Russian: Chyorny Drozd, drozd, дрозд, Дрозд черный, Черный дрозд, Чёрный дрозд
Sardinian: mérula, meurra, picchiaranzu
Scots: lon dubh
Northern Sami: Cáhppesrásttis, čáhppesrásttis
Sinhalese (Transliteration): Urasia Kalu Bimsariya
Slovak: drozd, Drozd čierny
Slovenian: kos
Albanian: mëllënja
Serbian: Crni kos, kos, кос, Црни кос
Swedish: Koltrast
Thai: นกเดินดงสีดำ
Turkmen: karatavuk
Turkish: Karatavuk, Қара сайрақ
Ukrainian: drizd, дрізд, Дрізд чорний , Чорний дрізд
Sorbian, Lower: kos
Sorbian, Upper: kós
Chinese: 乌 鸫, 乌鸫, 烏鶇, 黑鶇
Chinese (Traditional): 烏鶇
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