mistle thrush

English

a mistle thrush (Turdus viscivorus)

Alternative forms

missel thrush, misselthrush

Etymology

It is supposed to be fond of the berries of the mistletoe.

Noun

mistle thrush (plural mistle thrushes)

A large Eurasian thrush, Turdus viscivorus.
- Brian Cox as Logan Roy (2019), 31:28 from the start, in Succession, season 2, episode 8: “I saw a mistle thrush at the bandstand.”

Synonyms

mistletoe thrush, stormcock, thricecock

Translations

Turdus viscivorus

Albanian: tushë mali f, mulliverdhë f
Armenian: սոսնձակեռնեխ (hy) (sosnjakeṙnex)
Asturian: griba (ast), tordu (ast), malvís de monte (ast)
Basque: garraztarro
Bats: ჯღართ (ǯɣart)
Breton: drask roueel
Bulgarian: имелов дрозд m (imelov drozd)
Cornish: tresklenn
Czech: drozd brávník
Dutch: grote lijster (nl) f
Estonian: hoburästas (et)
Finnish: kulorastas (fi)
French: draine (fr) f, drenne (fr) f
Georgian: ჩხართვი (čxartvi)
German: Misteldrossel (de) f
Greek: τσαρτσάρα f (tsartsára)
Hungarian: léprigó (hu)
Icelandic: mistilþröstur (is)
Irish: smólach mór m
Italian: tordela (it) f
Kazakh: қылғытпа сайрақ (qylğytpa sairaq)
Laz: მაჯაჯღა (macacğa)
Luxembourgish: Läischter m, Mëspeldréischel f
Mingrelian: ჯღირჯღი (ǯɣirǯɣi)
Norman: gris mêle m (Jersey), hèrbette f (Jersey), trâle f (Jersey)
Polish: paszkot (pl) m
Portuguese: tordoveia f
Romansch: tursch perniclà m
Russian: деря́ба (ru) f (derjába)
Scottish Gaelic: smeòrach-mhòr f, smeòrach-ghlas f
Spanish: zorzal charlo m
Svan: ჩხურუშტ (čxurušṭ)
Swedish: dubbeltrast (sv)
Turkish: ökse ardıç kuşu (tr)
Volapük: gretaturd
Welsh: brych y coed
West Frisian: dûbele lyster

Further reading

mistle thrush on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Turdus viscivorus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Turdus viscivorus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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