Common Blackbird - Turdus merula - Merel
Eurasia and North-Africa. Introduced in Australia.

The following 9 subspecies are being recognized:
Turdus merula merula - West-Europe; introduced Southeast-Australia, Tasmania, Norfolk and Lord Howe Island;
Turdus merula azorensis - Azores;
Turdus merula cabrerae - Madeira and west Canary Islands;
Turdus merula mauritanicus - North Africa (Morocco to Tunisia);
Turdus merula aterrimus - Southeast-Europe to Crete, Rhodes, Caucasus, Transcaucasia and North-Iran;
Turdus merula syriacus - South Turkey to Syria, North-Iraq and South Iran;
Turdus merula intermedius - Central-Asia to Northeast-Afghanistan, Pamirs and Xinjiang, winters to South-Iraq;
Turdus merula sowerbyi - Southwest-China (Sichuan);
Turdus merula mandarinus - Westcentral-China (Guizhou).

Of this species there are no Zoo Photo's available.