{"id":25333,"date":"2012-11-05T14:14:46","date_gmt":"2012-11-05T13:14:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/galleries\/small-landbirds\/blackbird-turdus-merula\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T09:13:38","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T08:13:38","slug":"blackbird-turdus-merula","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/galleries\/small-landbirds\/blackbird-turdus-merula\/","title":{"rendered":"Blackbird Turdus merula"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Common Blackbird (Turdus merula) breeds in Europe, Asia, and North Africa, and has been introduced to Australia &amp; New Zealand. Depending on latitude, the Common Blackbird may be resident, partially migratory or fully migratory.<\/p>\n<p>Factsheet: Eurasian Blackbird\u00a0<i>Turdus\u00a0merula<\/i>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"ngg-galleryoverview\" id=\"ngg-gallery-209-25333\">\n\n\n\n    \t<!-- Thumbnails -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-9860\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/blackbird-turdus-merula\/blackbird_0_wm.jpg\" title=\"Common Blackbird (Turdus merula)\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Common Blackbird (Turdus merula)\" alt=\"Common Blackbird (Turdus merula)\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/blackbird-turdus-merula\/thumbs\/thumbs_blackbird_0_wm.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Common Blackbird (Turdus merula)<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-8408\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/blackbird-turdus-merula\/blackbird_1_0.jpg\" title=\"Common Blackbird (Turdus merula) \" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Common Blackbird (Turdus merula) \" alt=\"Common Blackbird (Turdus merula) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/blackbird-turdus-merula\/thumbs\/thumbs_blackbird_1_0.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Common Blackbird (Turdus merula) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-8407\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/blackbird-turdus-merula\/blackbird_0.jpg\" title=\"Common Blackbird (Turdus merula) \" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Common Blackbird (Turdus merula) \" alt=\"Common Blackbird (Turdus merula) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/blackbird-turdus-merula\/thumbs\/thumbs_blackbird_0.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Common Blackbird (Turdus merula) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\n \t\n\t<!-- Pagination -->\n \t<div class=\"ngg-clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Common Blackbird (Turdus merula) breeds in Europe, Asia, and North Africa, and has been introduced to Australia &amp; New Zealand. 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