Description
English: An illustration of two Common Blackbirds by Henrik Grönvold
Date 1907-1908
Source The Birds of Great Britain and Ireland, Order Passeres, vol. I, plate 6
Author Henrik Grönvold (1858–1940) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henrik_Gr%C3%B6nvold
In a book by Arthur Gardiner Butler (d. 1925)
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Blackbird_Gr%C3%B6nvold.jpg

The common blackbird or Eurasian blackbird or simply blackbird (Turdus merula) is a species of true thrush. It breeds in Europe, Asia, and North Africa. The common blackbird was described by Linnaeus in the 10th edition of his Systema Naturae in 1758 as Turdus merula (characterised as T. ater, rostro palpebrisque fulvis). The binomial name derives from two Latin words, turdus, "thrush", and merula, "blackbird", the latter giving rise to its French name, merle, and its Scots name, merl.