Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes a subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Turdus [merula or mandarinus] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Alternative arrangements:  1  2 

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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Danish: Mandarindrossel
German: Mandarinamsel, Mandarinmsel
English: Chinese Blackbird, Chinese Blackbird [mandarinus or sowerbyi], Eastern Blackbird
English, HBW: Chinese Blackbird
English (IOC): Chinese Blackbird
English (United States): Chinese Blackbird
Esperanto: Ĉina merlo, mandarena turdo
Spanish: Mirlo mandarín
Spanish (Spain): Mirlo mandarín
Spanish (HBW): Chinese Blackbird
Finnish: kiinanmustarastas
French: Merle de Chine, Merle de Chine (mandarinus), Merle de Chine [mandarinus ou sowerbyi], Merle oriental
Croatian: kineski kos
Japanese (romaji): burakku-bādo, kuro uta-dori, kuroutadori
Japanese: クロウタドリ, ブラックバード
Japanese (Kanji): 黒歌鳥
Korean: 대륙검은지빠귀
Korean (Transliteration): daeryuk-geomeun-jippagwi
Scientific: Turdus mandarinus, Turdus mandarinus [mandarinus or sowerbyi], Turdus mandarinus mandarinus, Turdus merula mandarinus
Malay: Murai-Belanda Hitam Cina
Dutch: Chinese Merel
Norwegian Nynorsk: Mandarintrast
Norwegian: Mandarintrost, Svarttrost
Polish: drozd okopcony
Pinyin: bǎi-shé, fǎn-shé, hēi-dōng, hēi-niǎo, wū-chūn, wū-dōng, wū-gū, wū-niǎo, zhōngguó hēi-dōng
Portuguese: melro-chinês
Portuguese (Portugal): melro-chinês
Russian: Китайский черный дрозд
Slovak: drozd mandarínsky
Serbian: Kineski kos
Swedish: kinesisk koltrast
Thai: นกเดินดงสีดำ
Thai (Transliteration): nók doeen-doŋ sĭi-dam
Turkish: Mandarin karatavuğu
Ukrainian: дрізд мандаринський
Vietnamese: Chim Hắc đống, Chim Hoét, Chim Hoét đen
Chinese: 中国黑鸫, 中國烏鶇, 乌鸟, 乌鸪, 乌鸫, 反舌, 百舌, 黑鸟
Chinese (Traditional): 中國黑鶇, 中國黑鶇〔烏鶇〕, 反舌, 烏鳥, 烏鴣, 烏鶇, 百舌, 黑鳥
Chinese (Taiwan, Traditional): 黑鶇
Chinese (Taiwan): 黑鸫