Myadestes
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 |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Turdidae |
| Subfamily: | Myadestinae |
| Genus: | Myadestes Swainson, 1838 |
| Type species | |
| Myadestes genibarbis Swainson, 1838 | |
| Species | |
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They are found in the Americas and Hawaiʻi, where several island species have become extinct.
Taxonomy
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]
- Brown-backed solitaire, Myadestes occidentalis Stejneger, 1882 – northwest Mexico to Honduras
- Slate-colored solitaire, Myadestes unicolor Sclater, PL, 1857 – south Mexico to Nicaragua
- Townsend's solitaire, Myadestes townsendi (Audubon, 1838) – west Canada to central Mexico
- † Kamao, Myadestes myadestinus (Stejneger, 1887) – Kauai (Hawaiian Islands, extinct)
- Puaiohi, Myadestes palmeri (Rothschild, 1893) – Kauai (Hawaiian Islands)
- Oloma'o, Myadestes lanaiensis (Wilson, SB, 1891) – Hawaiian Islands
- ʻŌmaʻo, Myadestes obscurus (Gmelin, JF, 1789) – Hawaii (Hawaiian Islands)
- Cuban solitaire, Myadestes elisabeth (Lembeye, 1850) – Cuba
- Rufous-throated solitaire, Myadestes genibarbis Swainson, 1838 – West Indies
- Black-faced solitaire, Myadestes melanops Salvin, 1865 – Costa Rica and Panama
- Varied solitaire, Myadestes coloratus Nelson, 1912 – Panama
- Andean solitaire, Myadestes ralloides (d'Orbigny, 1840) – north Venezuela to west Bolivia
References
- Swainson, William John (1838). Flycatchers. Naturalist's Library. Edinburgh: W.H. Lizars. p. 132.
- 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.
- Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 263. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (January 2023). "Thrushes". IOC World Bird List Version 13.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
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