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Message: <blockquote data-quote="KenM" data-source="post: 3278103" data-attributes="member: 57880">Yes....there is a distinct correlation between bees and honey though....In the context of using "varied" to describe a Thrush species that is consistent in it's age/gender related plumage forms...to my mind is a contradiction.As Silverwolf has suggested, basically two colour tones don't really amount to justifying the usage of Varied for this this Thrush species..and as such might be regarded as a misnomer?Alternatively, if and when the bird was discovered, there was an observed incidence of alternate variants within a local population (as with the UK bird), then the term "Varied" might be justified.....dunno?</blockquote>