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Myadestes Puaiohi (M. palmeri) Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Passeriformes Family: Turdidae Genus: Myadestes
Swainson, 1838species see text
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.
Species in taxonomic order
- Myadestes townsendi Audubon, 1838 - Townsend's Solitaire (North America)
- Myadestes occidentalis Stejneger, 1882 - Brown-backed Solitaire (Mexico, northern Central America)
- Myadestes elisabeth Lembeye, 1850 - Cuban Solitaire
- Myadestes elisabeth retrusus - Pines Solitaire (probably extinct, late 1930s, or 1970s?)
- Myadestes genibarbis - Rufous-throated Solitaire (Caribbean)
- Myadestes melanops - Black-faced Solitaire (Costa Rica, western Panama)
- Myadestes coloratus Nelson, 1912 - Varied Solitaire (Panama, Colombia)
- Myadestes unicolor Sclater, 1857 - Slate-coloured Solitaire (Mexico, Central America)
- Myadestes ralloides D'Orbigny, 1840 - Andean Solitaire
- Myadestes myadestinus - Kāmaʻo (Kauaʻi) (extinct, 1990s)
- Myadestes lanaiensis Wilson, 1891 - Olomaʻo
- Myadestes obscurus J. F. Gmelin, 1789 - ʻŌmaʻo (island of Hawaiʻi)
- Myadestes palmeri Rothschild, 1893 - Puaiohi (Kauaʻi)
- Myadestes woahensis Bloxam, 1899 - ʻĀmaui (Oʻahu) (extinct, 1850s)
Categories:- Myadestes
- Genera of birds
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