Catharus

Translingual

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Etymology

From Latinized form of Ancient Greek καθαρός (katharós, “pure, clean”) +‎ -us (taxonomic suffix) by Charles Lucien Bonaparte in 1850 and refers to the plumage of the orange-billed nightingale-thrush.

Proper noun

Catharus m

A taxonomic genus within the family Turdidae – migrant thrushes of North America and nightingale-thrushes of Central and South America.

References

Catharus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Catharus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Catharus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Gill, F.; Wright, M. (2006), Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN