Turdus merula (common blackbird) | CLASSIFICATION

Kingdom Animalia (animals)
- Eumetazoa (metazoans)
  - Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
    - Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
      - Phylum Chordata (chordates)
        
        Craniata (craniates)
        
        Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
        
        Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
        
        Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
        
        Class Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fishes and terrestrial vertebrates)
        
        Tetrapoda (tetrapods)
        
        Amniota (amniotes)
        
        Class Reptilia (turtles, snakes, lizards, and relatives)
        
        Class Aves (birds)
        
        Subclass Neognathae (neognath birds)
        
        Infraclass Neoaves (modern birds)
        
        Order Passeriformes (perching birds)
        
        Passerida
        
        Muscicapoidea (thrushes, sparrows, and relatives)
        
        Passeroidea (sparrows and relatives)
        
        Family Turdidae (thrushes)
        
        Genus Turdus (robins)
        
        Species Turdus merula (common blackbird)
        
        Subspecies Turdus merula aterrimus
        
        Subspecies Turdus merula azorensis
        
        Subspecies Turdus merula bourdilloni
        
        Subspecies Turdus merula buddae
        
        Subspecies Turdus merula cabrerae
        
        Subspecies Turdus merula intermedius
        
        Subspecies Turdus merula kinnisii
        
        Subspecies Turdus merula mandarinus
        
        Subspecies Turdus merula mauritanicus
        
        Subspecies Turdus merula maximus
        
        Subspecies Turdus merula merula
        
        Subspecies Turdus merula nigropileus
        
        Subspecies Turdus merula simillimus
        
        Subspecies Turdus merula sowerbyi
        
        Subspecies Turdus merula spencei
        
        Subspecies Turdus merula syriacus