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
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
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)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Eurasian Blackbird
