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Amselmännchen der Unterart T. m. azorensis auf Terceira🐦‍⬛

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SpeciesPasseriformesTurdidae
Birds

🐦‍⬛Common Blackbird

Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758

The common blackbird is a species of true thrush. It is also known as the Eurasian blackbird, or simply the blackbird. It breeds in Europe, western Asia, and North Africa, and has been introduced to Australia and New Zealand. It has a number of subspecies across its large range; a few former Asian subspecies are now widely treated as separate species. Depending on latitude, the common blackbird may be resident, partially migratory, or fully migratory.

Text: Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Videos
19
Photos
8
Measurements
10
vs you
≈ 1/600th of your weight
Also called
Blackbird, Eurasian Blackbird
Conservation status
LCLeast concern

IUCN Red List assessment, 2024.

Population trendIncreasing
Key measurements
Body mass
0.1 kg
Body length
not recorded
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
22 years
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Facts and figures

Everything we know about the Common Blackbird

Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.

Body mass
0.1 kg
AVONET
Other figures ↓

Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Figures vary

  • 0.1 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Tail length
0.11 m
AVONET
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Wing length
0.13 m
AVONET
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Beak length
0.03 m
AVONET
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Tarsus length
0.03 m
AVONET
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Maximum lifespan
22 years
AnAge
Details ↓

data quality: acceptable

Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0

Trophic level
Omnivore
AVONET
Details ↓

Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Habitat
Forest
AVONET
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Lifestyle
Generalist
AVONET
Details ↓

Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Volume l
0.1 Laverage
Details ↓

Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.

average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.

Not recorded for Common Blackbird yet: body length, shoulder height, top speed, bite force.

Where it sits

Family tree

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classAves
  4. ›orderPasseriformes
  5. ›familyTurdidae
  6. ›genusTurdus
  7. ›speciesTurdus merula
Full lineage
  1. superclassTetrapoda
  2. orderSauria
  3. classBirds · Aves
  4. orderPerching birds · Passeriformes
All 10 branches ↓
  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassSarcopterygii
  7. superclassTetrapoda
  8. orderSauria
  9. classBirds · Aves
  10. orderPerching birds · Passeriformes
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Closest relative on this site
🐦 Common Nightingale — last shared an ancestor ≈ 27 million years ago.
In other languages
Merel (nl), Amsel (de), koltrast (sv), Turdus merula (it), kos (pl), Turdus merula (es) … and 27 more languages
More photos
Amselmännchen der Unterart T. m. azorensis auf TerceiraAmsel (Turdus merula) in BeerenAmsel in Fassadenbegrünung
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