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Turdus merula  Linnaeus, 1758
Taxonomic Serial No.: 179757

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): Merle noir [French]
  
    melro-preto [Portuguese]
  
    Mirlo común [Spanish]
  
    Eurasian Blackbird [English]
  
    Common Blackbird [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassAves  – Birds, oiseaux  
                         OrderPasseriformes  – Perching Birds, passereaux  
                            FamilyTurdidae Rafinesque, 1815 – thrushes  
                               GenusTurdus Linnaeus, 1758  
                                  SpeciesTurdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 – Merle noir, melro-preto, Mirlo común, Eurasian Blackbird, Common Blackbird  
    Direct Children:  
                                     SubspeciesTurdus merula aterrimus (G. Madarász, 1903)  
                                     SubspeciesTurdus merula azorensis E. J. O. Hartert, 1905  
                                     SubspeciesTurdus merula cabrerae E. J. O. Hartert, 1901  
                                     SubspeciesTurdus merula intermedius (Richmond, 1896)  
                                     SubspeciesTurdus merula mauritanicus E. J. O. Hartert, 1902  
                                     SubspeciesTurdus merula merula Linnaeus, 1758  
                                     SubspeciesTurdus merula syriacus Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1833  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Alan P. Peterson, M.D.   
  Notes: PO Box 1999 Walla Walla, Washington 99362-0999   
  Reference for: Turdus merula    
       
  Expert: Richard C. Banks   
  Notes: Chief, Bird Section, U.S.G.S. - B.R.D. - P.W.R.C.   
  Reference for: Turdus merula    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: AOU Check-List (07-2005), website (version Jul-2005)  
  Acquired: 2005   
  Notes: American Ornithologists' Union's "LIST OF THE 2,037 BIRD SPECIES (WITH SCIENTIFIC AND ENGLISH NAMES) KNOWN FROM THE A.O.U. CHECK-LIST AREA" (AOU Check-list, 7th edition, updated with Supplements 42-46), maintained at http://www.aou.org/   
  Reference for: Eurasian Blackbird[English]   
       
  Source: IOC World Bird List (version 15.1), website (version 15.1)  
  Acquired: 2025   
  Notes: Gill, F., D. Donsker, and P. Rasmussen, eds. 2025. IOC World Bird List (v 15.1. Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org [Accessed 03 Mar 2025]. doi : 10.14344/IOC.ML.14.1   
  Reference for: Turdus merula, Common Blackbird [English]   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Turdus merula   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner   
  Publication Date: 1987   
  Article/Chapter Title: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Resource Publication, no. 166   
  Page(s): 79   
  Publisher: United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service   
  Publication Place: Washington, D.C., USA   
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Turdus merula   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Gill, Frank, and Minturn Wright   
  Publication Date: 2006   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Birds of the World: Recommended English Names   
  Page(s): ix + 259   
  Publisher: Princeton University Press   
  Publication Place: Princeton, New Jersey, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-691-12827-8   
  Notes: Includes a CD-ROM with the full dataset   
  Reference for: Turdus merula, Common Blackbird [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Howell, Steve N. G., Ian Lewington, and Will Russell   
  Publication Date: 2014   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Rare Birds of North America   
  Page(s): xviii + 428   
  Publisher: Princeton University Press   
  Publication Place: Princeton, New Jersey, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 9780691117966   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Turdus merula   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Linnaeus, Carolus   
  Publication Date: 1758   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis, 10th Edition, vol. 1   
  Page(s): 824   
  Publisher: Laurentii Salvii   
  Publication Place: Holmiae (Stockholm, Sweden)   
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes: Available online at http://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?PPN362053006 and http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886   
  Reference for: original description   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Africa  
    Europe & Northern Asia (excluding China)  
    North America  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Canada, Incidental  
 

 

    

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