Solitaire (bird)

The solitaires are medium-sized mostly insectivorous birds in the genera Myadestes, Cichlopsis and Entomodestes of the thrush family Turdidae.

Solitaires
Puaiohi, Myadestes palmeri
Scientific classification
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Genera

Myadestes
Cichlopsis
Entomodestes

Taxonomy

Although all three genera of solitaires are morphologically similar, genetic studies have indicated that they are not particularly closely related. The genus Myadestes is in the basal clade of the family Turdidae, along with the genera Sialia (the bluebirds) and Neocossyphus (African ant-thrushes).[1]

Species list

Thrushes in three genera are called "solitaires":

References

  1. Klicka, John; Voelker, Gary & Spellman, Garth M. (March 2005). "A molecular phylogenetic analysis of the "true thrushes" (Aves: Turdinae)" (PDF). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 34 (3): 486–500.
  2. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David (eds.). "Thrushes". IOC World Bird List. International Ornithological Congress. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
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