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Definition of Turdus torquatus
1. Noun. European thrush common in rocky areas; the male has blackish plumage with a white band around the neck.
Exact synonyms: Ring Blackbird, Ring Ouzel, Ring Thrush
Generic synonyms: Thrush
Group relationships: Genus Turdus, Turdus
Generic synonyms: Thrush
Group relationships: Genus Turdus, Turdus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Turdus Torquatus
Literary usage of Turdus torquatus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report of the Annual Meeting (1865)
"On the turdus torquatus as observed in Devonshire. ... The turdus torquatus pays
an annual visit to Devonshire, but it confines itself to the tors and rocky ..."
2. The Entertaining Naturalist: Being Popular Descriptions, Tales, and by Loudon (Jane) (1850)
"(turdus torquatus.) THE Ring Ouzel differs from the fieldfare and redwing, to
which it is nearly allied, in being a summer visitor to the British islands, ..."
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