thrush
Let an agent describe thrushes and their main species, relay identification, behaviour and conservation from ornithological sources, describe their song and cultural place, and distinguish the birds from the medical and equine senses of thrush.
Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled
4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Understand What thrushes are.
Identification
Identification.
Identification
Identification.
- How are song thrush, mistle thrush, blackbird, fieldfare and redwing identified by plumage, size and song? definition
- Is the question about the bird, oral thrush or hoof thrush? boundary
Family
The family.
Family
Family.
- What species make up the Turdidae, and how is the family classified? definition
- Which entry fits the specific species? action
Ecology Behaviour and ecology.
Behaviour
Behaviour.
Behaviour
Behaviour.
- How do thrushes feed, sing, breed and migrate, including the song thrush anvil use? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Conservation
Conservation.
Conservation
Conservation.
- What is the conservation status of thrush species, and what threats and protections exist? provenance
- Which entry fits the specific species status? action
Watch Birdwatching.
Watching
Finding thrushes.
Watching
Watching.
- Where and when can thrushes be seen and heard, and how are they attracted to gardens? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Song
Song.
Song
Song.
- How are thrush songs recognised and recorded? provenance
- Which entry fits bird song? action
Context Culture and homonyms.
Culture
Culture.
Culture
Culture.
- How do thrushes appear in poetry, such as Hardy Darkling Thrush, and in folklore as the mavis? provenance
- Which entry fits birds in literature? action
Homonyms
Other senses.
Homonyms
Homonyms.
- What are oral thrush and equine hoof thrush, and where are they covered? provenance
- Which entry fits the specific sense? action
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Physical world and living systems
- Entry kind
- noun.animal
- Plane
- PHY
- Domain
- PHY.LIV
- Tags
- animal
- Facets: substance
- living
- Facets: origin
- natural
- Facets: agency
- autonomous
- Facets: mobility
- self-moving
- Facets: scale
- not-applicable
- Facets: affordances
- observable
- Other names and narrower kinds
- missel thrush, mistle thrush, mistletoe thrush, Turdus viscivorus, song thrush, mavis, throstle, Turdus philomelos, fieldfare, snowbird, Turdus pilaris, redwing
What it is Filled
Any of the songbirds of the family Turdidae, medium-sized birds characteristically with brownish upper plumage and a spotted breast, including the song thrush or mavis, the mistle thrush also called missel or mistletoe thrush, Turdus viscivorus, and relatives such as the blackbird, fieldfare, redwing and American robin, known for rich song, ground foraging for worms and snails and, in some species, migration; the word thrush also names a fungal infection of the mouth and a hoof condition of horses, which are separate senses.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent describe thrushes and their main species, relay identification, behaviour and conservation from ornithological sources, describe their song and cultural place, and distinguish the birds from the medical and equine senses of thrush.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Spotted breast in many species
- Rich song
- Ground foraging
- Widespread family
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Trap, kill or keep thrushes in breach of wildlife protection laws.
- Disturb nesting thrushes or take their eggs.
- Publish nest locations of rare species where it puts them at risk.
- Play recorded calls repeatedly to lure birds during the breeding season.
Only with a human decision
- Handling an injured thrush, which should go to a licensed rehabilitator.
May
- Identify a thrush species from plumage, song and range, citing field guides.
- Record sightings and report them to wildlife survey schemes.
- Distinguish the bird from the medical and equine senses of thrush.
Moral aspects Filled
- Song thrush numbers have fallen in parts of Europe, and illegal trapping still kills many.
- Wild birds deserve to be left undisturbed by observers and devices.
Who is affected
- The birds
- Birdwatchers
- Rural communities
Owners Filled
Steward
Nobody: wild and protected by law.
Master systems
- National biodiversity and bird survey databases
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- oewn-01528361-n - registry parent class
related
- songbird - in general terms
- Turdidae - the thrush family
- song thrush - and mistle thrush
- oral candidiasis - a homonym
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.thrush
- Open English WordNet: oewn-01559826-n
- taxon: Turdidae Rafinesque, 1815
- WordNet: oewn-01528361-n thrush bird
Direct properties required Filled
- species: about 170 count - Turdidae
- song thrush length: about 23 cm
- mistle thrush length: about 27 cm
Recognition required Filled
- Turdidae songbirds
- Song thrush, mistle thrush, blackbird, fieldfare, redwing, ring ouzel, American robin
- Oral thrush is a Candida infection; equine thrush is a hoof infection; chats and flycatchers are related but separate families
- A medium songbird with brown back and pale spotted breast, or plain plumage in blackbirds.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- describe species and identification
- relay behaviour and ecology
- relay conservation
- distinguish other senses
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Confusing the bird with the medical or equine senses
- Population declines of song thrush in parts of Europe
- Illegal trapping in some regions
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- Wild bird protection laws such as the EU Birds Directive and the UK Wildlife and Countryside Act
- Hunting regulations where thrush hunting is permitted
- IUCN Red List assessments
Context of use required Filled
- Not applicable; a family of birds.
- song thrush or mavis
- mistle thrush, Turdus viscivorus
- blackbird
- fieldfare and redwing
- ring ouzel
- American robin and other New World thrushes
- Asian and African thrushes
Sources Filled
- Open English WordNet 2024, synset oewn-01559826-n - sense and gloss of the concept
- Wiktionary: thrush - word senses and usage
Open questions
- Should song thrush and mistle thrush be separate primary entries?
- How should ornithological references be linked?
- The registry entry has merged aliases naming two species; should they be split off?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-thrush/spec.json