Mistle thrush International Union for Conservation of Nature as being of least concern. The mistle thrush was first described by Linnaeus in his "Systema naturae" in 1758 under its current scientific names. "Turdus" is the Latin for "thrush", and "viscivorus", "mistletoe eater", comes from "viscum" "mistletoe" and "vorare", "to devour". The bird's liking for mistletoe berries is also indicated by its English name, "mistle" being an old name for the plant. There are more than 60 species of medium to large thrushes in the genus "Turdus", characterised by rounded heads, longish pointed wings, and usually melodious songs. A mitochondrial DNA study identified
USS Mistletoe (WAGL-237) 9666 dated 28 December 1945 returned "Mistletoe" to the Treasury Department. In 1966 she was redesignated WLM‑237. She continued coastal buoy tender operations out of Gloucester City and Portsmouth into 1969. USS Mistletoe (WAGL-237) The third USS "Mistletoe", originally designed for duty with the Lighthouse Service as a buoy tender, was built in 1939 by the Marine Iron & Shipbuilding Company, Duluth, Minnesota. As the Lighthouse Service became part of the U.S. Coast Guard in 1939, "Mistletoe" commissioned as a Coast Guard coastal buoy tender. "Mistletoe"<nowiki>'s</nowiki> prewar operations were out of Gloucester, New Jersey and Portsmouth, Virginia. She transferred to