Song thrush "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. Her name is derived from the Ancient Greek "Φιλο" "philo-" ("loving"), and "μέλος" "melos" ("song"). The dialect names "throstle" and "mavis" both mean "thrush", being related to the German "drossel" and French "mauvis" respectively. "Throstle" dates back to at least the fourteenth century and was used by Chaucer in the "Parliament of Fowls". Mavis is derived via Middle English "mavys" and Old French "mauvis" from Middle Breton "milhuyt" meaning
Olive thrush Olive thrush The olive thrush ("Turdus olivaceus") is, in its range, one of the most common members of the thrush family (Turdidae). It occurs in east African highlands from Tanzania and Zimbabwe in the north to the Cape of Good Hope in south. It is a bird of forest and woodland, but has locally adapted to parks and large gardens in suburban areas. In 1760 the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson included a description of the olive thrush in his "Ornithologie" based on a specimen collected from the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa. He used the French name