turdus

For the curious, “turdus” is the Latin word for “thrush.”

Turdus migratorius - The Panda's Thumb 2009

For the curious, “turdus” is the Latin word for “thrush.”

Turdus migratorius - The Panda's Thumb 2009

I guess that makes him a little turdus migratorius.

What does Joe Biden think about Barack Obama and John McCain? Ann Althouse 2008

First Nations said ... then you're gonna hate the latin name of the starling - 'turdus turdus'. accurate, though. those wacky latin guys.

Politically Correct Penguins MJ 2006

The mock-bird (turdus polyglottos) who excels, distinguishes himself in variety of action as well as air; from a turret he bounds aloft with the celerity of an arrow, as it were to recover or recal his very soul, expired in the last elevated strain.

Travels Through North & South Carolina, Georgia, East & West Florida, the Cherokee Country, the Extensive Territories of the Muscogulges, or Creek Confederacy, and the Country of the Chactaws; Containing An Account of the Soil and Natural Productions of Those Regions, Together with Observations on the Manners of the Indians. 1823

I might add to these the blue bird, motacilla fialis, mock bird, turdus polyglottos, and sometimes the robin readbreast, turdus migratorius, in extraordinary warm winters, and although I do not pretend to assert as a known truth, yet it may be found on future observation

Travels Through North & South Carolina, Georgia, East & West Florida, the Cherokee Country, the Extensive Territories of the Muscogulges, or Creek Confederacy, and the Country of the Chactaws; Containing An Account of the Soil and Natural Productions of Those Regions, Together with Observations on the Manners of the Indians. 1823

The high forests are filled with the symphony of the song or wood-thrush (turdus minor.) BOTH sexes of some tribes of birds sing equally fine, and it is remarkable, that these reciprocally assist in their domestic cares, as building their nests and setting on their eggs, feeding and defending their young brood, &c.

Travels Through North & South Carolina, Georgia, East & West Florida, the Cherokee Country, the Extensive Territories of the Muscogulges, or Creek Confederacy, and the Country of the Chactaws; Containing An Account of the Soil and Natural Productions of Those Regions, Together with Observations on the Manners of the Indians. 1823

On the 14th a robin (_turdus migratorius_) appeared; this bird is hailed by the natives as the infallible precursor of warm weather.

Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the years 1819-20-21-22, Volume 2 John Franklin 1816

The fieldfares, (turdus pilarus) which breed in Norway, and come hither in the cold season for our winter berries; as they are associated in flocks, and are in a foreign country, have evident marks of keeping a kind of watch, to remark and announce the appearance of danger.

Zoonomia, Vol. I Or, the Laws of Organic Life Erasmus Darwin 1766

I have discovered an anecdote with respect to the fieldfare (_turdus pilaris_) which I think is particular enough; this bird, though it sits on trees in the daytime, and procures the greatest part of its food from white-thorn hedges, yea, moreover, builds on very high trees, as may be seen by the _fauna suecica_; yet always appears with us to roost on the ground.

The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 1 Gilbert White 1756