Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Albanian | Mëllenja |
| Arabic | شحرور |
| Armenian | Սև կեռնեխ |
| Asturian | ñerbatu comñn |
| 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 |
| Faroese | Kvørkveggja |
| Finnish | mustarastas |
| French | Merle noir |
| French (France) | Merle noir |
| Galician | Merlo común |
| 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 |
| 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, 2023
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)
Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula Scientific name definitions
Nigel Collar and David Christie
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated June 20, 2018
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated June 20, 2018
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Revision History
Birds of the World
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula
Authors
Nigel Collar and David Christie
Revisors
David Christie
Recommended Citation
Collar, N. and D. A. Christie (2020). Eurasian Blackbird (Turdus merula), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.eurbla.01
Handbook of the Birds of the World
-
Last Published Version
- June 20, 2018
- Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula
Authors
Nigel Collar and David Christie
Revisors
David Christie
Recommended Citation
Collar, N. and D. A. Christie (2018). Eurasian Blackbird (Turdus merula). In Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
