Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758
(Blackbird, Common Blackbird)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesTurdus merula (Blackbird, Common Blackbird)
GenusTurdus (thrushes)
FamilyTURDIDAE (nightingales, thrushes and wheatears)
OrderPASSERIFORMES (perching birds)
ClassAVES (birds)
SuperclassTETRAPODA (a superclass of unassigneds)
PhylumCHORDATA (vertebrates)
SuperphylumDEUTEROSTOMIA (deuterostomes)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Turdus merula (Blackbird, Common Blackbird) :
1: Turdus merula (Blackbird, Common Blackbird)
29 Dec 2016 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, on roadside verge
Image 1: Female - on branch - lateral viewImage 2: Female - on grass - lateral view
2: Turdus merula (Blackbird, Common Blackbird)
7 Dec 2015 OSGR: SU10 50° 50’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
Female, on ground under bird feeder
Image 1: Female - feeding on ground under bird feeder
3: Turdus merula (Blackbird, Common Blackbird)
29 Dec 2014 OSGR: SU10 50° 50’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
Male, on ground under bird feeder
Image 1: Male - on frosty ground - dorso-lateral viewImage 2: Male - on frosty ground - dorso-lateral view (2)Image 3: Male - on frosty ground - lateral viewImage 4: Male - on frosty log - front three-quarter view
4: Turdus merula (Blackbird, Common Blackbird)
2 Dec 2014 OSGR: SU10 50° 50’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
Female, on ground under seed feeder
Image 1: Female - posterior view
5: Turdus merula (Blackbird, Common Blackbird)
25 Mar 2011 OSGR: SY68 50° 40’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male
Image 1: Male - face view - close-upImage 2: Male - tail view - close-up
6: Turdus merula (Blackbird, Common Blackbird) IDENTIFICATION UNCERTAIN
1 May 2005 OSGR: SU36 51° 20’ N, 1° 30’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
predated egg, on ground
Image 1: Egg - close-upImage 2: Egg - close-up - showing damage

Turdus merula (Blackbird, Common Blackbird) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Turdus merula (Blackbird, Common Blackbird)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 3 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Turdus merula (Blackbird, Common Blackbird)
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