Catharus
Translingual
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek καθαρός (katharós, “pure, clean”) This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. Why applied to birds of this genus?
Proper noun
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- A taxonomic genus within the family Turdidae – migrant thrushes of North America and nightingale-thrushes of Central and South America.
References
edit- Catharus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Catharus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Catharus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN