Kurrichane thrush

English
Turdus libonyana libonyana, Kruger Park, South Africa

Wikispecies

Etymology

From a corrupted form of Kaditshwene (“a town in the North West province of South Africa”).

Noun

Kurrichane thrush (plural Kurrichane thrushes)

  1. A species of thrush, Turdus libonyanus, native to sub-Saharan Africa.
    • 1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin, published 2006, page 336:
      Wild begonias and ferns along the road, stumps choked with purple and white convolvuli, a kurrichane thrush massaging the shadows with long liquid glides and quick curt mordents.
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