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===Similar species=== In Europe, the common blackbird can be confused with the paler-winged first-winter [[ring ouzel]] (''Turdus torquatus'') or the superficially similar [[common starling]] (''Sturnus vulgaris'').<ref name= Collins>Mullarney, Killian; Svensson, Lars, Zetterstrom, Dan; Grant, Peter (2001). ''Birds of Europe''. Princeton University Press. pp. 304–306. {{ISBN|0-691-05054-6}}</ref> A number of similar ''[[Turdus]]'' thrushes exist far outside the range of the common blackbird, for example the South American [[Chiguanco thrush]] (''Turdus chiguanco'').<ref name= Fjeldsaa>Fjeldså, J., & N. Krabbe (1990). ''The Birds of the High Andes''. Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen. {{ISBN|87-88757-16-1}}</ref> The [[Indian blackbird]] (''Turdus simillimus''), the [[Tibetan blackbird]] (''Turdus maximus''), and the [[Chinese blackbird]] (''Turdus mandarinus'') were formerly treated as subspecies of the common blackbird.<ref name="IOC">{{cite web|url=http://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/thrushes/|title=Thrushes|last1=Gill|first1=F.|last2=Donsker|first2=D.|date=20 July 2015|work=IOC World Bird List, version 5.3 |access-date=29 September 2015}}</ref>
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