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Myadestes

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Myadestes
Puaiohi (M. palmeri)
Scientific classification Edit this 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

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Myadestes is a genus of solitaires, medium-sized mostly insectivorous birds in the thrush family, Turdidae.

They are found in the Americas and Hawaiʻi, where several island species have become extinct.

Taxonomy

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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]

Genus Myadestes Swainson, 1838 – twelve species
Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population
Brown-backed solitaire

Myadestes occidentalis
Stejneger, 1882
northwest Mexico to Honduras
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Slate-colored solitaire

Myadestes unicolor
Sclater, PL, 1857
south Mexico to Nicaragua
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Townsend's solitaire

Myadestes townsendi
(Audubon, 1838)
west Canada to central Mexico
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Kamao

Myadestes myadestinus
(Stejneger, 1887)
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Puaiohi

Myadestes palmeri
(Rothschild, 1893)
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Oloma'o

Myadestes lanaiensis
(Wilson, SB, 1891)
Hawaiian Islands
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ʻŌmaʻo

Myadestes obscurus
(Gmelin, JF, 1789)
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Cuban solitaire

Myadestes elisabeth
(Lembeye, 1850)
Cuba
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Rufous-throated solitaire

Myadestes genibarbis
Swainson, 1838
West Indies
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Black-faced solitaire

Myadestes melanops
Salvin, 1865
Costa Rica and Panama
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Varied solitaire

Myadestes coloratus
Nelson, 1912
Panama
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Andean solitaire

Myadestes ralloides
(d'Orbigny, 1840)
north Venezuela to west Bolivia
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References

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  1. ^ Swainson, William John (1838). Flycatchers. Naturalist's Library. Edinburgh: W.H. Lizars. p. 132.
  2. ^ Mayr, Ernst; Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, eds. (1964). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 10. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 89.
  3. ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 263. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
  4. ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (January 2023). "Thrushes". IOC World Bird List Version 13.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 6 April 2023.