Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (51)
- Subspecies (7)
Nigel Collar and David Christie
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated June 20, 2018
Text last updated June 20, 2018
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Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Albanian | Mëllenja |
Arabic | شحرور |
Armenian | Սև կեռնեխ |
Asturian | Ñerbatu común |
Azerbaijani | Qara qaratoyuq |
Basque | Zozo arrunta |
Bulgarian | Кос |
Catalan | merla comuna |
Chinese (SIM) | 欧乌鸫 |
Croatian | kos |
Czech | kos černý |
Danish | Solsort |
Dutch | Merel |
English | Eurasian Blackbird |
English (Australia) | Common Blackbird |
English (United States) | Eurasian Blackbird |
Estonian | musträstas |
Faroese | Kvørkveggja |
Finnish | mustarastas |
French | Merle noir |
French (Canada) | Merle noir |
Galician | Merlo negro |
Georgian | შავი შაშვი |
German | Amsel |
Greek | (Κοινός) Κότσυφας |
Hebrew | שחרור |
Hungarian | Fekete rigó |
Icelandic | Svartþröstur |
Italian | Merlo |
Japanese | ニシクロウタドリ |
Latvian | Melnais strazds |
Lithuanian | Juodasis strazdas |
Maori | Manu pango | Eurasian Blackbird |
Mongolian | Хар хөөндэй |
Norwegian | svarttrost |
Persian | توکای سیاه |
Polish | kos |
Portuguese (Portugal) | Melro |
Portuguese (RAA) | Melro |
Portuguese (RAM) | Melro |
Romanian | Mierlă |
Russian | Чёрный дрозд |
Serbian | Obični kos |
Slovak | drozd čierny |
Slovenian | Kos |
Spanish | Mirlo Común |
Spanish (Chile) | Mirlo común europeo |
Spanish (Spain) | Mirlo común |
Swedish | koltrast |
Turkish | Karatavuk |
Ukrainian | Дрізд чорний |
Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758
PROTONYM:
Turdus Merula
Linnaeus, 1758. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1, p.170.
TYPE LOCALITY:
in Europae sylvis; restricted to Sweden by Hartert, 1910, Vog. pal. Fauna, 1, p. 665.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2024
Definitions
- TURDUS
- turdus
- merula
- Merula
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
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Distribution of the Eurasian Blackbird