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Black-breasted thrush 
Turdus dissimilis
Hoét ngực đen
dissimilis: Latin: unlike, dissimilar, different (as the opp. of similis and consimilis

The black-breasted thrush (Turdus dissimilis) is a species of bird in the family Turdidae.

Male: The section from their head to the back of their neck and breast area is black, and the remaining areas at the top are slate gray. 
Female: Gray-brown from the eyes to the tail, and the section from their throat to their breast is a "diffused" or streaked shade of buff.

Chestnut thrush 
(Turdus rubrocanus, Hoét hung)

The chestnut thrush (Turdus rubrocanus) is a species of bird in the family Turdidae. 
The bird breeds in the western Himalayas and central/southwestern China, winters in Eastern Himalaya and northern Southeast Asia. 

The genus name Turdus is Latin for "thrush".
rubrocanus Latin ruber red; canus grey.

Chinese blackbird 
(Turdus mandarinus)
Hoét đen

The Chinese blackbird (Turdus mandarinus) is a member of the thrush family Turdidae.
Once considered conspecific with the related common blackbird (Turdus merula).

Turdidae, Turdus: Latin for "thrush".
mandarinus French mandarin mandarin (Portuguese mandarim: senior official in the imperial Chinese bureaucracy).

Chinese thrush 
(Turdus mupinensis, Hoét Trung Quốc)

The Chinese thrush (Turdus mupinensis) is a species of bird in the family Turdidae. 
The bird is found in China and far northern Vietnam.

Turdidae: Turdus Latin for "thrush".
mupinensis Mupin (= Muping = Paohing), Tibet.

Dusky thrush
(Turdus eunomus) 

The dusky thrush (Turdus eunomus) is a member of the thrush family Turdidae.
The bird breeds in the region from central Siberia to Kamchatka wintering in Korea, Japan, South China and Myanmar. 

This species is strongly migratory, wintering south to southeast Asia, principally in China and neighbouring countries.

The genus name Turdus is Latin for "thrush".
The specific epitheth eunomus from Ancient Greek eunomos, "orderly".

Eyebrowed thrush 
(Turdus obscurus, Hoét mày trắng) 

The eyebrowed thrush (Turdus obscurus) is a member of the thrush family Turdidae. 
The bird is strongly migratory, wintering south to China and Southeast Asia. 

The genus name Turdus is Latin for "thrush".
obscurus Latin dark, obscure, dusky.

Grey-backed thrush 
(Turdus hortulorum)
Hoét lưng đen

The grey-backed thrush (Turdus hortulorum) is a species of bird in the family Turdidae. 

Turdidae: Turdus Latin for "thrush".
hortulorum: 
 Latin genitive plural of hortulus which is the diminutive of hortus;
 hortus: garden; 
 hortulus: small garden.

Grey-winged blackbird 
(Turdus boulboul)

The grey-winged blackbird (Turdus boulboul) is a species of Turdus in the thrush family, found at in the mountains of southern and eastern Asia from the Himalayas to northern Vietnam.

Turdidae: Turdus Latin for "thrush".
boulboul: In Persian and Arabic poetry, "bulbul" often refers to the nightingale.

Japanese thrush 
(Turdus cardis)
grey thrush or the Japanese grey thrush
Hoét bụng trắng

The Japanese thrush (Turdus cardis) is a species of bird in the thrush family Turdidae.
Male: Black head and neck, ashy back, white belly blotched with black stains.
Female: Yellowish gray head and back, blotched breast with white and black, white and yellowish belly blotched with black stains.
Immature: Back like female, speckled with brownish neck, white and yellowish belly.

Merle du Japon

Japanese Thrush
Turdus cardis 

Le Merle du Japon (Turdus cardis) est une espèce de passereaux appartenant à la famille des Turdidae.

Pale thrush 
(Turdus pallidus) 

The pale thrush (Turdus pallidus) is a passerine bird of the genus Turdus in the thrush family Turdidae.

The bird breeds in south-east Siberia, north-east China and Korea and maybe also in Japan.
This species is largely migratory, wintering in southern and central Japan, South Korea and southern China, occasionally reaching as far as Yunnan, Taiwan and the Philippines.

The genus name Turdus is Latin for "thrush".
pallidus Latin meaning "pallid" or "pale".

Red-throated thrush 
(Turdus ruficollis)

The red-throated thrush (Turdus ruficollis) is a passerine bird in the thrush family Turdidae.

The red-throated thrush is a migratory Palearctic species. 
The bird breeds in East Siberia to North Manchuria wintering to West China, Myanmar, and Northeast India.

The genus name Turdus is Latin for "thrush".
ruficollis is derived from Latin rufus, "red", and collum, "neck".

True thrushes are medium-sized mostly insectivorous or omnivorous birds in the genus Turdus of the wider thrush family, Turdidae.