Myadestes

Myadestes
Myadestes
Puaiohi (M. palmeri)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Turdidae
Genus: Myadestes
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.

Species in taxonomic order


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