Myadestes is a genus of solitaires, medium-sized mostly insectivorous birds in the thrush family, Turdidae.
Myadestes | |
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Puaiohi (M. palmeri) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Turdidae |
Subfamily: | Myadestinae |
Genus: | Myadestes Swainson, 1838 |
Type species | |
Myadestes genibarbis Swainson, 1838 | |
Species | |
See text |
They are found in the Americas and Hawaiʻi, where several island species have become extinct.
The genus Myadestes was introduced in 1838 by the English naturalist William Swainson to accommodate a single species, the rufous-throated solitaire, which is therefore the type species of the genus.[1][2] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek mua meaning "fly" and edestēs meaning "eater".[3]
The genus contains 12 species:[4]
Common name | Scientific name and subspecies | Range | Size and ecology | IUCN status and estimated population |
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Brown-backed solitaire | Myadestes occidentalis Stejneger, 1882 |
northwest Mexico to Honduras![]() |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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Slate-colored solitaire | Myadestes unicolor Sclater, PL, 1857 |
south Mexico to Nicaragua![]() |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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Townsend's solitaire | Myadestes townsendi (Audubon, 1838) |
west Canada to central Mexico![]() |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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†Kamao | Myadestes myadestinus (Stejneger, 1887) |
Kauai (Hawaiian Islands, extinct) | Size: Habitat: Diet: |
EX
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Puaiohi | Myadestes palmeri (Rothschild, 1893) |
Kauai (Hawaiian Islands) | Size: Habitat: Diet: |
CR
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Oloma'o | Myadestes lanaiensis (Wilson, SB, 1891) |
Hawaiian Islands![]() |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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ʻŌmaʻo | Myadestes obscurus (Gmelin, JF, 1789) |
Hawaii (Hawaiian Islands) | Size: Habitat: Diet: |
NT
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Cuban solitaire | Myadestes elisabeth (Lembeye, 1850) |
Cuba![]() |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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Rufous-throated solitaire | Myadestes genibarbis Swainson, 1838 |
West Indies![]() |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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Black-faced solitaire | Myadestes melanops Salvin, 1865 |
Costa Rica and Panama![]() |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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Varied solitaire | Myadestes coloratus Nelson, 1912 |
Panama![]() |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
NT
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Andean solitaire | Myadestes ralloides (d'Orbigny, 1840) |
north Venezuela to west Bolivia![]() |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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