Turdus plebejus
            
                  (L 10" Wt 3.0 oz)
          
         
         
            
               Ranges from south Mexico to west
               Panama in tall mountain forests.
          
         
            
               © David L.
               Ross, Jr.
            
               Macaulay
               Library
          
         
            
               Turdus in Latin means thrush:
               plebejus in Latin means common.
          
         
         
         
            
               Serving song thrushes for Christmas
               meals is a Cypriot tradition and
               shooting them is legal.
            
               (Scott Weidensaul)