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
Naumann's thrush female is fairly similar to the male, but immatures have a weaker patterning. The song of Naumann's thrush may differ from the simple fluted or whistling redwing-like song of dusky thrush. The genus name comes from Latin "Turdus", "thrush", and the species and English names commemorate the German naturalist Johann Andreas Naumann. Naumann's thrush Naumann's thrush ("Turdus naumanni") is a member of the thrush family Turdidae which breeds eastwards from central Siberia. It is closely related to the more northerly breeding dusky thrush "T. eunomus"; the two have often been regarded as conspecific. This species breeds in open woodland areas;