common blackbird, Eurasian blackbird (Turdus merula) Description
Deutsch: Amsel im Tierpark Hellabrunn
Date 18 April 2014, 13:20:18
Author Ventus55 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Ventus55
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Amsel_Tierpark_Hellabrunn.JPG
The common blackbird (Turdus merula) is a species of true thrush. It is also called Eurasian blackbird (especially in North America, to distinguish it from the unrelated New World blackbirds), or simply blackbird where this does not lead to confusion with a similar-looking local species. It breeds in Europe, Asia, and North Africa, and has been introduced to Canada, United States, Mexico, Peru, Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, the Falkland Islands, Chile, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand.
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Turdidae
Genus: Turdus
Species: Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758
