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brown thrush
(Encyclopedia)brown thrush: see mimic thrush.mockingbird
(Encyclopedia)mockingbird: see mimic thrush.thrasher
(Encyclopedia)thrasher: see mimic thrush.catbird
(Encyclopedia)catbird: see mimic thrush.mimic thrush
(Encyclopedia)mimic thrush, common name for members of the Mimidae, a family of exclusively American birds, allied to the wrens and thrushes, that includes the mockingbird, the catbird, and the thrashers. Mimic thr...warbler
(Encyclopedia)warbler, name applied in the New World to members of the wood warbler family (Parulidae) and in the Old World to a large family (Sylviidae) of small, drab, active songsters, including the hedge sparro...Wilson's thrush
(Encyclopedia)Wilson's thrush: see thrush.veery
(Encyclopedia)veery: see thrush.wheatear
(Encyclopedia)wheatear: see thrush, bird.thrush , in zoology
(Encyclopedia)thrush, bird, common name for members of the Turdidae, a large family of birds found in most parts of the world and noted for their beautiful song. The majority are modestly colored, with spotted unde...Browse by Subject
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