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)

1. 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