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Eurasian or Chinese Blackbird

Turdus [merula or mandarinus] (= Turdus merula) Linnaeus, C 1758




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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

Type locality:
  in Europae sylvis; restricted to Sweden by Hartert, 1910, Vögel Pal. Fauna, 1, p. 665.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277#page/189/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  929A4ECEA453DACD

Avibase ID:
  avibase-929A4ECE

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/929A4ECE

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 179757

Geographic range:

  • Turdus merula: Iceland, British Isles, Scandinavia, and Atlantic Islands to northern Africa, through Middle eastward to northwestern Mongolia and northwestern China
  • Turdus merula merula: western Europe; introduced southeastern Australia (southeastern Queensland to Eyre Peninsula, Tasmania, Lord Howe and Norfolk islands (east of Australia), New Zealand (including subantarctic 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 merula intermedius: breeds central Asia to northeastern Afghanistan, Pamirs, and Xinjiang; winters to southern Iraq
  • Turdus mandarinus: breeds eastern and southeastern China (from southern Gansu and southern Shaanxi northeastward thorugh Beijing to Liaoning and southward through eastern Sichuan to western Yunnan and eastward to Guangdong) and has recently expanded patchily to southwestern South Korea; partially migratory, wintering to Hainan and northern Indochina
  • Turdus mandarinus mandarinus: breeds eastern and southeastern China (from southern Gansu and southern Shaanxi northeastward thorugh Beijing to Liaoning and southward through eastern Sichuan to western Yunnan and eastward to Guangdong) and has recently expanded patchily to southwestern South Korea; partially migratory, wintering to Hainan and northern Indochina
  • Turdus mandarinus sowerbyi: central Sichuan; resident?
  • Show more...
Source: Clements checklist
English:
Eurasian or Chinese Blackbird
French:
Merle noir ou M. de Chine

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Eurasian or Chinese Blackbird ( Turdus [merula or mandarinus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Eurasian or Chinese Blackbird ( Turdus [merula or mandarinus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Eurasian or Chinese Blackbird ( Turdus [merula or mandarinus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025):
Eurasian or Chinese Blackbird ( Turdus [merula or mandarinus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Eurasian Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Eurasian Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Eurasian or Chinese Blackbird ( Turdus [merula or mandarinus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Eurasian or Chinese Blackbird ( Turdus [merula or mandarinus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Eurasian or Chinese Blackbird ( Turdus [merula or mandarinus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Eurasian or Chinese Blackbird ( Turdus [merula or mandarinus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Eurasian or Chinese Blackbird ( Turdus [merula or mandarinus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Eurasian or Chinese Blackbird ( Turdus [merula or mandarinus])
British Ornithologists' Union Checklist (7th edition):
Common Blackbird ( Turdus merula)
British Ornithologists' Union Checklist (7th edition, incl. Jan 2009 suppl.):
Blackbird ( Turdus merula)
Christidis and Boles (2008): Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds:
Common Blackbird ( Turdus merula)
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
Eurasian Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
Eurasian Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
Eurasian Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
Eurasian Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 1]
eBird version 1.50:
Eurasian Blackbird (Eurasian) ( Turdus merula [merula Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 1.52:
Eurasian Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 1]
eBird version 1.53:
Eurasian Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 1]
eBird version 1.54:
Eurasian Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 1]
eBird version 1.55:
Eurasian Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
Common Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
Common Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
Common Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7:
Common Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0:
Common Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1:
Common Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2:
Common Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3:
Common Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4:
Common Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5:
Common Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6:
Common Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7:
Common Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8:
Common Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9:
Common Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10:
Common Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11:
Common Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
Common Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
Common Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
Common Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
Common Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
Common Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
Common Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
Common Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
Common Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
Common Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
Common Blackbird ( Turdus merula) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Turdus merula [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: species group (sometimes a species)

This taxon is a subspecies of Turdus [merula, mandarinus, simillimus or maximus]

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Arabic: الشحرور
Asturian: Ñerbatu
Azerbaijani: Qara qaratoyuğu
Belarusian: Чорны дрозд
Bulgarian: Кос
Bengali: পাতি কালিদামা
Breton: Ar voualc'h du
Catalan: Merla, merla comuna
Catalan (Balears): Mèrlera
Czech: Kos cerný, Kos černý
Welsh: Mwyalchen
Danish: Solsort
German: Amsel
Greek: (Κοινός) Κότσυφας, Μαυρόπουλλος
Greek (Cypriot): Μαυρόπουλλος
English: Blackbird, Common Blackbird, Eurasian Blackbird, Eurasian Blackbird (Eurasian), Eurasian or Chinese Blackbird
Esperanto: merlo
Spanish: Mirlo Común
Estonian: Musträstas
Basque: Zozo arrunta
Finnish: mustarastas
Faroese: kvørkveggja
French: Merle noir, Merle noir ou M. de Chine
Frisian: swarte lyster
Irish: Lon Dubh
Gaelic: Lon-Dubh
Galician: Merlo
Hebrew: שחרור
Croatian: Kos
Hungarian: Fekete rigó
Armenian: Սև Կեռնեխ
Icelandic: Svartþröstur
Italian: Merlo
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 or mandarinus], Turdus merula, Turdus merula [merula Group], Turdus merula merula
Luxembourgish: Märel
Lithuanian: Juodasis strazdas
Latvian: Melnais meža strazds
Macedonian: Ќос
Malayalam: കരിങ്കിളി
Mongolian: Хар хөөндэй
Mongolian (Transliteration): khar khööndei
Moldavian: Mierlă
Maltese: Malvizz Iswed
Dutch: Merel
Norwegian: Svarttrost
Polish: kos
Pinyin: wū-dōng
Portuguese: Melro-preto
Rhaeto-Romance: Merlotscha
Romanian: Mierlă
Romance (Other): Merlotscha
Russian: Черный дрозд, Чёрный дрозд
Northern Sami: Cáhppesrásttis
Slovak: drozd čierny
Slovenian: Kos
Albanian: Mëllënja
Serbian: kos
Swedish: Koltrast
Thai: นกเดินดงสีดำ
Turkmen: karatavuk
Turkish: Karatavuk, Қара сайрақ
Ukrainian: Дрізд чорний
Chinese: 乌鸫
Chinese (Traditional): 烏鶇

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