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
White's thrush striking identification feature in flight is the black band on the white underwings, a feature shared with Siberian thrush. The male has a song which is a loud, far-carrying mechanical whistle, with 5–10 second pauses between each one second long phrase "twee...tuuu...tuuu...tuuu". It was previously considered a subspecies of the scaly thrush. White's thrush White's thrush ("Zoothera aurea") is a member of the thrush family, Turdidae. It was named after the English naturalist Gilbert White. The genus name "Zoothera" comes from the Ancient Greek "zoon", "animal" and "theras", "hunter". The specific "aurea" is from Latin "aureus", "golden". It breeds in