I'm reading a novel set in the 1950s which mentions a Mavis bird singing. Is this bird extinct or does it now go by another name?
2007-02-12 01:24:37 · 11 answers · asked by spider 1 in Pets ➔ Birds
mavis is an old fashioned name for a blackbird I believe.
I only know this because my auntie Mavis told me. She hated the name so much she changed hers to Jackie.
Just checked and looks like I was half right.
thrush
click here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Song_thrush
2007-02-12 01:28:13 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mavis Bird
2016-09-28 03:29:21 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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Does anyone know of a bird called the Mavis Bird?
I'm reading a novel set in the 1950s which mentions a Mavis bird singing. Is this bird extinct or does it now go by another name?
2015-08-10 17:15:01 · answer #3 · answered by Ricki 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No but we have a little blue budgerigar called Joe if we get him a mate we will call it Mavis Bird..........
2007-02-12 01:31:00 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I new a bird called mavis. she changed her name to mocking . ok.
2007-02-12 01:36:29 · answer #5 · answered by raybbies 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
a mavis is another word(in UK) for the song thrush,renowned for it's jubilant song.Very much around in UK,but less so than previously.
2007-02-12 03:19:43 · answer #6 · answered by mlaghai 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sorry ive never heard of it but my mums called mavis if that helps lol
2007-02-12 01:34:38 · answer #7 · answered by gem 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's another name for a Song Thrush.
2007-02-12 01:36:32 · answer #8 · answered by Polo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ferdi, Macon, Petri, Rico, Sunny, Sundance, or Sunflower (because he's yellow), Victor or Violet, some of these are not really boy names but I think they fit.
2016-03-16 05:01:35 · answer #9 · answered by Nikki 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ya their also called song thrushes. i dont' know if their extinct or not, but they're also mentioned in the hobbit by jrr tolkein.
2007-02-15 16:43:16 · answer #10 · answered by Becca 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋