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Common Blackbird
Turdus merula · Family Turdidae
Turdus merula
Family Turdidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Turdidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 13,472,929
- Countries and territories with records
- 105
About this species
This species has 13,472,929 occurrence records from 105 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from France (15.3%), the United Kingdom (11.4%), Sweden (10.5%), the Netherlands (10.1%) and Spain (9%); together they account for 56.2% of the total. In France, this species accounts for 3.5% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Turdus merula combines the genus name Turdus with the species epithet merula. The Warbla app catalog lists 85 species of the genus Turdus; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Turdus migratorius, Turdus philomelos and Turdus pilaris.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 155 species of the family Turdidae. This species ranks 2nd among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Turdus migratorius. Its record count is 25.3 times the family average (532,772). The family Turdidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.