song thrush
noun
: an Old World thrush (Turdus philomelos of the family Turdidae) that is largely brown above with brown-spotted white underparts
called also mavis, throstle
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So has the name Mavis (up 17 spots), which originates from a French word for the song thrush, and Callum (up 21 spots), which comes from the Latin word for dove.
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Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 June 2025
Complete with a large cesspit filled with animal bones, the site reveals a menu of ancient Roman street food: mammals, chicken, fish and, most notably, song thrushes.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 June 2025
Studies have shown a long and drawn-out reduction in eggshell thickness in blackbirds, song thrushes and mistle thrushes, for instance, all linked to acidification of their lowland environments, mostly through pollutants such as sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxide.
—Jules Howard, TIME, 4 Sep. 2024
Tuca & Bertie, which features Tiffany Haddish and Ali Wong voicing the two title characters — a toucan and a song thrush — premiered on Netflix in 2019 to widespread critical acclaim.
—Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Nov. 2022
For those who haven’t yet experienced Tuca & Bertie’s glorious first season, the show centers on two best friends — the extroverted, freewheeling Tuca, voiced by Tiffany Haddish, and Bertie, a song thrush with big dreams and a lot of anxiety, voiced by Ali Wong.
—Jenna Scherer, Rolling Stone, 22 June 2021
But following a new ruling by the European Court of Justice, only two species—the golden plover and the song thrush—can now be hunted legally in Malta.
—Jacopo Benini, National Geographic, 10 May 2019
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Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 June 2025
Complete with a large cesspit filled with animal bones, the site reveals a menu of ancient Roman street food: mammals, chicken, fish and, most notably, song thrushes.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 June 2025
Studies have shown a long and drawn-out reduction in eggshell thickness in blackbirds, song thrushes and mistle thrushes, for instance, all linked to acidification of their lowland environments, mostly through pollutants such as sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxide.
—Jules Howard, TIME, 4 Sep. 2024
Tuca & Bertie, which features Tiffany Haddish and Ali Wong voicing the two title characters — a toucan and a song thrush — premiered on Netflix in 2019 to widespread critical acclaim.
—Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Nov. 2022
For those who haven’t yet experienced Tuca & Bertie’s glorious first season, the show centers on two best friends — the extroverted, freewheeling Tuca, voiced by Tiffany Haddish, and Bertie, a song thrush with big dreams and a lot of anxiety, voiced by Ali Wong.
—Jenna Scherer, Rolling Stone, 22 June 2021
But following a new ruling by the European Court of Justice, only two species—the golden plover and the song thrush—can now be hunted legally in Malta.
—Jacopo Benini, National Geographic, 10 May 2019
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“Song thrush.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/song%20thrush. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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