Common blackbird
(Turdus merula)[] | |
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Species ID: | 2-37-287-4563-23948 |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Turdidae |
Genus: | Turdus |
Conservation status: | LC - Least Concern |
Systems: | Terrestrial |
Links: | IUCN Red List |
Subspecies[]
- T. m. aterrimus (Hungary/Greece/Turkey/Egypt/Iran/Iraq)
- T. m. azorensis (Azores)
- T. m. cabrerae (Madeira/Canary Islands)
- T. m. intermedius (Russia/Tajikistan/Afghanistan/China)
- T. m. mauretanicus (Morocco/Algeria/Tunisia)
- T. m. merula (Europe/Nile Valley/Australia/New Zealand)
- T. m. syriacus (Turkey/Jordan/Israel/Egypt)
Other names[]
- Eurasian blackbird
- Blackbird
Diet[]
- Insects
- Earthworms
- Berries
- Fruits
- Seeds
Biomes[]
- Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests
- Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests
- Tropical and subtropical coniferous forests
- Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests
- Temperate coniferous forests
- Boreal forests/taiga
- Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
- Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
- Flooded grasslands and savannas
- Montane grasslands and shrublands
- Tundra
- Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub
- Deserts and xeric shrublands
Locations[]

Ecoregion range
Ecozones[]
- Indomalaya
- Palearctic
Ecoregions[]
- IM0111 Eastern highlands moist deciduous forests
- IM0118 Jian Nan subtropical evergreen forests
- IM0121 Luang Prabang montane rain forests
- IM0134 North Western Ghats moist deciduous forests
- IM0135 North Western Ghats montane rain forests
- IM0136 Northern Annamites rain forests
- IM0137 Northern Indochina subtropical forests
- IM0138 Northern Khorat Plateau moist deciduous forests
- IM0139 Northern Thailand-Laos moist deciduous forests
- IM0149 South China-Vietnam subtropical evergreen forests
- IM0150 South Western Ghats moist deciduous forests
- IM0151 South Western Ghats montane rain forests
- IM0154 Sri Lanka lowland rain forests
- IM0155 Sri Lanka montane rain forests
- IM0169 Hainan Island monsoon rain forests
- IM0201 Central Deccan Plateau dry deciduous forests
- IM0202 Central Indochina dry forests
- IM0207 Narmada Valley dry deciduous forests
- IM0208 Northern dry deciduous forests
- IM0210 Southeastern Indochina dry evergreen forests
- IM0301 Himalayan subtropical pine forests
- IM1301 Deccan thorn scrub forests
- PA0101 Guizhou Plateau broadleaf and mixed forests
- PA0102 Yunnan Plateau subtropical evergreen forests
- PA0401 Appenine deciduous montane forests
- PA0402 Atlantic mixed forests
- PA0403 Azores temperate mixed forests
- PA0404 Balkan mixed forests
- PA0405 Baltic mixed forests
- PA0406 Cantabrian mixed forests
- PA0407 Caspian Hyrcanian mixed forests
- PA0408 Caucasus mixed forests
- PA0409 Celtic broadleaf forests
- PA0410 Central Anatolian deciduous forests
- PA0412 Central European mixed forests
- PA0415 Changjiang Plain evergreen forests
- PA0416 Crimean Submediterranean forest complex
- PA0417 Daba Mountains evergreen forests
- PA0418 Dinaric Mountains mixed forests
- PA0419 East European forest steppe
- PA0420 Eastern Anatolian deciduous forests
- PA0421 English Lowlands beech forests
- PA0422 Euxine-Colchic broadleaf forests
- PA0425 Madeira evergreen forests
- PA0429 North Atlantic moist mixed forests
- PA0431 Pannonian mixed forests
- PA0432 Po Basin mixed forests
- PA0433 Pyrenees conifer and mixed forests
- PA0434 Qin Ling Mountains deciduous forests
- PA0435 Rodope montane mixed forests
- PA0436 Sarmatic mixed forests
- PA0437 Sichuan Basin evergreen broadleaf forests
- PA0442 Tarim Basin deciduous forests and steppe
- PA0445 Western European broadleaf forests
- PA0446 Zagros Mountains forest steppe
- PA0501 Alps conifer and mixed forests
- PA0503 Caledon conifer forests
- PA0504 Carpathian montane forests
- PA0507 Elburz Range forest steppe
- PA0509 Hengduan Mountains subalpine conifer forests
- PA0513 Mediterranean conifer and mixed forests
- PA0514 Northeastern Himalayan subalpine conifer forests
- PA0515 Northern Anatolian conifer and deciduous forests
- PA0516 Nujiang Langcang Gorge alpine conifer and mixed forests
- PA0520 Scandinavian coastal conifer forests
- PA0521 Tian Shan montane conifer forests
- PA0602 Iceland boreal birch forests and alpine tundra
- PA0608 Scandinavian and Russian taiga
- PA0801 Alai-Western Tian Shan steppe
- PA0803 Central Anatolian steppe
- PA0805 Eastern Anatolian montane steppe
- PA0807 Faroe Islands boreal grasslands
- PA0812 Middle East steppe
- PA0814 Pontic steppe
- PA0818 Tian Shan foothill arid steppe
- PA0904 Nile Delta flooded savanna
- PA0906 Tigris-Euphrates alluvial salt marsh
- PA1002 Central Tibetan Plateau alpine steppe
- PA1003 Eastern Himalayan alpine shrub and meadows
- PA1008 Kopet Dag woodlands and forest steppe
- PA1009 Kuh Rud and Eastern Iran montane woodlands
- PA1010 Mediterranean High Atlas juniper steppe
- PA1011 North Tibetan Plateau-Kunlun Mountains alpine desert
- PA1012 Northwestern Himalayan alpine shrub and meadows
- PA1014 Pamir alpine desert and tundra
- PA1019 Tian Shan montane steppe and meadows
- PA1021 Western Himalayan alpine shrub and meadows
- PA1022 Yarlung Tsangpo arid steppe
- PA1110 Scandinavian Montane Birch forest and grasslands
- PA1201 Aegean and Western Turkey sclerophyllous and mixed forests
- PA1202 Anatolian conifer and deciduous mixed forests
- PA1203 Canary Islands dry woodlands and forests
- PA1204 Corsican montane broadleaf and mixed forests
- PA1205 Crete Mediterranean forests
- PA1206 Cyprus Mediterranean forests
- PA1207 Eastern Mediterranean conifer-sclerophyllous-broadleaf forests
- PA1208 Iberian conifer forests
- PA1209 Iberian sclerophyllous and semi-deciduous forests
- PA1210 Illyrian deciduous forests
- PA1211 Italian sclerophyllous and semi-deciduous forests
- PA1213 Mediterranean dry woodlands and steppe
- PA1214 Mediterranean woodlands and forests
- PA1215 Northeastern Spain and Southern France Mediterranean forests
- PA1216 Northwest Iberian montane forests
- PA1217 Pindus Mountains mixed forests
- PA1218 South Appenine mixed montane forests
- PA1219 Southeastern Iberian shrubs and woodlands
- PA1220 Southern Anatolian montane conifer and deciduous forests
- PA1221 Southwest Iberian Mediterranean sclerophyllous and mixed forests
- PA1222 Tyrrhenian-Adriatic sclerophyllous and mixed forests
- PA1303 Arabian Desert and East Sahero-Arabian xeric shrublands
- PA1305 Azerbaijan shrub desert and steppe
- PA1309 Central Afghan Mountains xeric woodlands
- PA1313 Central Persian desert basins
- PA1320 Mesopotamian shrub desert
- PA1321 North Saharan steppe and woodlands
- PA1322 Paropamisus xeric woodlands
- PA1323 Persian Gulf desert and semi-desert
- PA1325 Red Sea Nubo-Sindian tropical desert and semi-desert
- PA1326 Registan-North Pakistan sandy desert
- PA1328 South Iran Nubo-Sindian desert and semi-desert
- PA1330 Taklimakan desert