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The European Thrush (Turdus amaurochalinus) is a species of bird in the Turdidae family.

It is one of the most known thrushes by Brazilians, either for its physical appearance or for its sad song. In the various regions it has the most varied common names: bone-billed thrush, white-breasted thrush, yellow-billed thrush, bone-billed thrush and crockery-billed thrush.

Scientific name

Its scientific name means: do (Latin) Turdus = thrush; and from (Greek) amauros = dark, brown and khalinos = one who demonstrates bravery, mockery. ⇒ Dark thrush that demonstrates bravery.