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Eurasian Blackbird [incl. intermedius]
Turdus merula [incl. intermedius] (= Turdus merula) Linnaeus, C 1758
The common blackbird is a species of true thrush. It is also called the Eurasian blackbird, or simply the blackbird where this does not lead to confusion with a similar-looking local species. It breeds in Europe, Asiatic Russia, and North Africa, and has been introduced to Australia and New Zealand. It has a number of subspecies across its large range; a few of the Asian subspecies are sometimes considered to be full species. Depending on latitude, the common blackbird may be resident, partially migratory, or fully migratory. Source: Wikipedia
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Passeriformes
Family:
Turdidae
Genus:
Turdus
Scientific:
Turdus merula
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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
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Avibase identifiers
Avibase ID:
88BB4F2A0C8492A5
Avibase ID:
avibase-88BB4F2A
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/88BB4F2A
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 179757
Geographic range:
- Turdus merula merula: W Europe; introd. se Australia, Tasmania, Norfolk, Lord Howe is.
- Turdus merula cabrerae: Madeira and w Canary Islands
- Turdus merula aterrimus: SE Europe to Crete, Rhodes, Caucasus, Transcaucasia and n Iran
- Turdus merula syriacus: S Turkey to Syria, n Iraq and s Iran
- Turdus merula azorensis: Azores
- Turdus merula mauritanicus: North Africa (Morocco to Tunisia)
- Turdus mandarinus intermedius: C Asia to ne Afghanistan, Pamirs and Xinjiang; winters to s Iraq
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Source: Clements checklist
Eurasian Blackbird [incl. intermedius]
French:
Merle noir [incl. intermedius]
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 62nd suppl.): Eurasian Blackbird ( Turdus merula) |
| American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 63rd suppl.): Eurasian Blackbird ( Turdus merula) |
| American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 64th suppl.): Eurasian Blackbird ( Turdus merula) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Eurasian Blackbird [incl. intermedius] ( Turdus merula [incl. intermedius]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Eurasian Blackbird [incl. intermedius] ( Turdus merula [incl. intermedius]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Eurasian Blackbird [incl. intermedius] ( Turdus merula [incl. intermedius]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Eurasian Blackbird [incl. intermedius] ( Turdus merula [incl. intermedius]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Eurasian Blackbird [incl. intermedius] ( Turdus merula [incl. intermedius]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Eurasian Blackbird [incl. intermedius] ( Turdus merula [incl. intermedius]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Eurasian Blackbird [incl. intermedius] ( Turdus merula [incl. intermedius]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Eurasian Blackbird [incl. intermedius] ( Turdus merula [incl. intermedius]) |
| Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Eurasian Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 2] |
| Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Eurasian Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 2] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Eurasian Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 2] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Eurasian Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 2] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Eurasian Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 2] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Eurasian Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 2] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Eurasian Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 2] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Eurasian Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 2] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Eurasian Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 2] |
| Clements, version 2021: Eurasian Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 2] |
| Clements, version 2022: Eurasian Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 2] |
| Clements, version 2023: Eurasian Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 2] |
| Clements, version 2015: Eurasian Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 2] |
| Clements, version 2016: Eurasian Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 2] |
| Clements, version 2017: Eurasian Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 2] |
| Clements, version 2018: Eurasian Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 2] |
| Clements, version 2019: Eurasian Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 2] |
| eBird version 2015: Eurasian Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 2] |
| eBird version 2016: Eurasian Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 2] |
| eBird version 2017: Eurasian Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 2] |
| eBird version 2018: Eurasian Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 2] |
| eBird version 2019: Eurasian Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 2] |
| eBird version 2021: Eurasian Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 2] |
| eBird version 2022: Eurasian Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 2] |
| eBird version 2023: Eurasian Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 2] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Eurasian Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 2] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Eurasian Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 2] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Eurasian Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 2] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Eurasian Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 2] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Eurasian Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: Common Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: Common Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Common Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Common Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Common Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Common Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Common Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Common Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Common Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Common Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Common Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Common Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Common Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Common Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Common Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Common Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Common Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Common Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Common Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Common Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Common Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Common Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 2] |
| Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01: Common Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 2] |
| Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.02: Common Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 2] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: species (alt)
This taxon is a subspecies of
Turdus [merula or mandarinus]
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Other synonyms
See also the taxonomic synonyms table.
Afrikaans: Swartlyster
Arabic: الشحرور, شحرور
Asturian: Ñerbatu, Ñerbatu común
Azerbaijani: Qara qaratoyuğu, Qara qaratoyuq
Belarusian: Чорны дрозд
Bulgarian: Кос
Bengali: পাতি কালিদামা
Breton: Ar voualc'h du, Moualc'h zu
Catalan: Merla, Merla comuna
Catalan (Balears): Mèrlera
Czech: kos černý
Welsh: Mwyalch, Mwyalchen
Danish: Solsort
German: Amsel
Greek: (Κοινός) Κότσυφας, Κότσυφας
Greek (Cypriot): Μαυρόπουλλος
English: Blackbird, Common blackbird, Eurasian Blackbird, Eurasian Blackbird [incl. intermedius]
English (Australia): Common Blackbird
English, HBW: Eurasian Blackbird
English (IOC): Common Blackbird
English (United States): Eurasian Blackbird
Esperanto: merlo
Spanish: Mirlo Común, Mirlo Común Europeo
Spanish (Chile): Mirlo común europeo
Spanish (Spain): Mirlo Común
Spanish (HBW): Mirlo común
Estonian: musträstas
Basque: Zozo (arrunt), Zozo arrunta
Persian: توکای سیاه
Finnish: mustarastas
Faroese: Kvørkveggja
French: Merle noir, Merle noir [incl. intermedius]
Frisian: swarte lyster
Irish: Céirseach, Lon Dubh
Gaelic: Lon dubh, Lon-Dubh
Galician: Melro (común), Merlo, Merlo común
Manx: Lhondoo
Hebrew: שחרור
Croatian: Kos
Hungarian: fekete rigó
Armenian: Սև Կեռնեխ
Icelandic: Svartþröstur
Italian: Merlo
Japanese (romaji): kuro uta-dori, nishikuroutadori
Japanese: クロウタドリ, ニシクロウタドリ
Japanese (Kanji): 黒歌鳥
Georgian: შაშვი
Kazakh: Қара сайрақ
Kazakh (Transliteration): qara sayraq
Korean: 대륙검은지빠귀
Cornish: Molgh dhu
Scientific: Turdus merula, Turdus merula [incl. intermedius], Turdus merula merula
Luxembourgish: Märel
Lithuanian: Juodasis strazdas
Latvian: Melnais meža strazds, melnais mežastrazds, Melnais strazds
Macedonian: Ќос
Malayalam: കരിങ്കിളി
Mongolian: Хар хөөндэй
Mongolian (Transliteration): khar khööndei
Maltese: Malvizz Iswed
Dutch: Merel
Norwegian Nynorsk: Svarttrast
Norwegian: Svarttrost
Polish: kos, kos (zwyczajny)
Pinyin: wū-dōng
Portuguese: melro, Melro(-preto)
Portuguese (Açores): Melro
Portuguese (Madeira): Melro
Portuguese (Portugal): Melro, melro-preto
Romansh: Merlotscha
Rhaeto-Romance: Merlotscha
Romanian: Mierlă
Russian: Черный дрозд, Чёрный дрозд
Northern Sami: Cáhppesrásttis, Čáhppesrásttis
Slovak: drozd čierny
Slovenian: kos
Albanian: Mëllenja, Mëllënja
Serbian: kos, Obični kos
Swedish: koltrast
Thai: นกเดินดงสีดำ
Turkmen: karatavuk
Turkish: Karatavuk, Қара сайрақ
Ukrainian: Дрізд чорний
Chinese: 乌鸫, 欧乌鸫
Chinese (Traditional): 歐亞黑鶇, 烏鶇
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