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Turdus is a genus of medium-sized mostly insectivorous or omnivorous birds in the wider thrush family, Turdidae.The genus name Turdus is Latin for 'thrush'.. Most of the species are called thrushes; the term thrush is also used for many other birds in the family Turdidae, as well as for a few species belonging to other families.
The common blackbird (Turdus merula) is a species of true thrush.It is also called the Eurasian blackbird (especially in North America, to distinguish it from the unrelated New World blackbirds), [2] or simply the blackbird where this does not lead to confusion with a similar-looking local species.
The American robin (Turdus migratorius) is a migratory bird of the true thrush genus and Turdidae, the wider thrush family. It is named after the European robin [3] because of its reddish-orange breast, though the two species are not closely related, with the European robin belonging to the Old World flycatcher family. The American robin is ...
The Tibetan blackbird (Turdus maximus) is a species of bird in the thrush family Turdidae. It is found in the Himalayas from northern Pakistan to southeastern Tibet . Originally described as a separate species by Henry Seebohm in 1881, it was then considered a subspecies of the common blackbird until 2008, when phylogenetic evidence revealed ...
Turdus litsitsirupa (Smith, A, 1836) 89 Chinese thrush: Turdus mupinensis Laubmann, 1920: 90 Song thrush: Turdus philomelos Brehm, CL, 1831: 91 Mistle thrush: Turdus viscivorus Linnaeus, 1758: 92 African thrush: Turdus pelios Bonaparte, 1850: 93 Principe thrush: Turdus xanthorhynchus Salvadori, 1901: 94 Sao Tome thrush: Turdus olivaceofuscus ...
Many bats and birds rely heavily on fruits for their diet, including birds in the families Cotingidae, Columbidae, Trogonidae, Turdidae, and Ramphastidae. While eating fruit, these animals swallow seeds and then later regurgitate them or pass them in their faeces. Such ornithochory has been a major mechanism of seed dispersal across ocean barriers.
The song thrush was described by German ornithologist Christian Ludwig Brehm in 1831, and still bears its original scientific name, Turdus philomelos. [3] The generic name, Turdus, is the Latin for thrush, and the specific epithet refers to a character in Greek mythology, Philomela, who had her tongue cut out, but was changed into a singing bird.
The mistle thrush (Turdus viscivorus) is a bird common to much of Europe, temperate Asia and North Africa.It is a year-round resident in a large part of its range, but northern and eastern populations migrate south for the winter, often in small flocks.