Turdus merula Linnaeus 1758 (common blackbird)

Aves - Passeriformes - Turdidae

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824

Belongs to Turdus according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017

See also Bedetti and Pavia 2013, Boule and De Villeneuve 1927, Linnaeus 1758, Mlikovsky 2002 and Worthy 1997

Sister taxa: Turdus bresciensis, Turdus falcklandii, Turdus hortulorum, Turdus iliacus, Turdus lherminieri, Turdus migratorius, Turdus obscurus, Turdus pallidus, Turdus philomelos, Turdus pilaris, Turdus plumbeus, Turdus poliocephalus, Turdus torquatus, Turdus viscivorus

Ecology: volant insectivore-frugivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of France (1 collection), Greece (1), Italy (2), Monaco (1), New Zealand (2), Portugal (1), Romania (1), Spain (2), the United Kingdom (8)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of France (1)

Total: 20 collections each including a single occurrence

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