Rufous-throated Solitaire

Rufous-throated Solitaire
Rufous-throated Solitaire
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Turdidae
Genus: Myadestes
Species: M. genibarbis
Binomial name
Myadestes genibarbis
Swainson, 1838

The Rufous-throated Solitaire (Myadestes genibarbis) is a species of bird placed in the Turdidae family. It is found on Dominica, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Martinique, Saint Lucia and Saint Vincent. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

Taxonomy

The subspecies M. g. sibilans is sometimes considered a full species, the Saint Vincent Solitaire Myadestes sibilans Lawrence, 1878.

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