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-necked thrush White-necked thrush The white-necked thrush ("Turdus albicollis") is a songbird found in forest and woodland in South America. The taxonomy is potentially confusing, and it sometimes includes the members of the "T. assimilis" group as subspecies, in which case the "combined species" is referred to as the white-throated thrush (a name limited to "T. assimilis" when the two are split). On the contrary, it may be split into two species, the rufous-flanked thrush ("T. albicollis") and the grey-flanked thrush (T. phaeopygos). This thrush is long and weighs . The upperparts are dark brown, turning duskier or greyer towards the ocular