Until a few weeks ago, I had never heard of a merle. I'm not sure whether that's something I should proudly announce in public or whether many other people would be in the same boat - nonetheless, it's true.
So what is a merle? Basically merle is another name for the common blackbird, which comes from the Latin for Blackbird, Turdus merula - turdus meaning thrush (the Blackbird is a species of true thrush) and merula meaning blackbird. In France it is called a merle and in Scotland it is called a merl. In North America, they are also often referred to as the Eurasian Blackbird.
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