#0543 · 🐦 birds

Eurasian Blackbird

🇳🇱 Merel ·Turdus merula

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands

7 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Luiz Lapa · CC BY 4.0
2. © Andreas Trepte · CC BY-SA 4.0
3. © johanni · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © jamesbot · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Paula González Lominchar · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas · CC BY 4.0
7. © Codrin Bucur · CC BY 4.0

what is it?

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 Australia and New Zealand. It has a number of subspecies across its large range; a few of the...

base stats

NL sightings 3,901iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 268,393iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

Spotted 3,901 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #12 most seen of the birds in NL.
268,393 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).