Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758
(Blackbird, Common Blackbird)

Interactions where Turdus merula is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

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Affected Part Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season Summary
has blood sucked by larva Ixodes ricinus Sheep Tick, Pasture Tick, Castor Bean Tick, Deer Tick Ixodida: Ixodidae Identification of Animal Parasites, Avery, R.A., 1974
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Ixodida/Ixodidae/Ixodes (Ixodes) ricinus/Ixodes (Ixodes) ricinussheep tick, pasture tick, castor bean tick, deer ticklarva Animal / parasite / ectoparasite / blood sucker /Animalia/Chordata/Aves/Passeriformes/Turdidae/Turdus merula/Turdus merulablackbird, common blackbird larva sucks the blood of
has blood sucked by nymph Ixodes ricinus Sheep Tick, Pasture Tick, Castor Bean Tick, Deer Tick Ixodida: Ixodidae Identification of Animal Parasites, Avery, R.A., 1974
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Ixodida/Ixodidae/Ixodes (Ixodes) ricinus/Ixodes (Ixodes) ricinussheep tick, pasture tick, castor bean tick, deer ticknymph Animal / parasite / ectoparasite / blood sucker /Animalia/Chordata/Aves/Passeriformes/Turdidae/Turdus merula/Turdus merulablackbird, common blackbird nymph sucks the blood of
small intestine (middle third) small intestine (middle third) is endoparasitised by Prosthorhynchus cylindraceus a thorny-headed worm The Natural History of Slapton Ley Nature Reserve: VI Studies on Parasites, Canning, E.U., Cox, F.E.G., Croll, N.A. & Lyons, K.M., 1973
 /Animalia/Acanthocephala/Prosthorhynchus cylindraceus/Prosthorhynchus cylindraceusa thorny-headed worm Animal / parasite / endoparasite /Animalia/Chordata/Aves/Passeriformes/Turdidae/Turdus merula/Turdus merulablackbird, common blackbirdsmall intestine (middle third) endoparasitises small intestine (middle third)

Author & YearTitleSource
Avery, R.A., 1974Identification of Animal ParasitesHulton Group Keys, 182pp, Hulton Educational Publications Ltd.
Canning, E.U., Cox, F.E.G., Croll, N.A. & Lyons, K.M., 1973The Natural History of Slapton Ley Nature Reserve: VI Studies on ParasitesField Studies 3: 681-718.

Turdus merula (Blackbird, Common Blackbird) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Turdus merula (Blackbird, Common Blackbird) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesTurdus merula (Blackbird, Common Blackbird)
GenusTurdus (thrushes)
FamilyTURDIDAE (nightingales, thrushes and wheatears)
OrderPASSERIFORMES (perching birds)
ClassAVES (birds)
SuperclassTETRAPODA (a superclass of unassigneds)
PhylumCHORDATA (vertebrates)
SuperphylumDEUTEROSTOMIA (deuterostomes)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Turdus merula (Blackbird, Common Blackbird)

Turdus merula (Blackbird, Common Blackbird) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Turdus merula (Blackbird, Common Blackbird):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 12 images of Turdus merula (Blackbird, Common Blackbird)
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