Solitaires
The Solitaires are medium-sized mostly insectivorous birds in the genera Myadestes, Cichlopsis and Entomodestes of the thrush family Turdidae.
These are species of the Americas and Hawaii; especially in the latter part of their range, several island populations have gone extinct.
Species list:
- Townsend's Solitaire, Myadestes townsendi
- Brown-backed Solitaire, Myadestes occidentalis
- Cuban Solitaire, Myadestes elisabeth
- Pines Solitaire, Myadestes elisabeth retrusus - probably extinct (late 1930s, or 1970s?)
- Rufous-throated Solitaire, Myadestes genibarbis
- Black-faced Solitaire, Myadestes melanops
- Varied Solitaire, Myadestes coloratus
- Slate-colored Solitaire, Myadestes unicolor
- Andean Solitaire, Myadestes ralloides
- Kāma'o, Myadestes myadestinus - extinct (1990s)
- Oloma'o, Myadestes lanaiensis - probably extinct (1980s?)
- 'Ōma'o, Myadestes obscurus
- Puaiohi, Myadestes palmeri
- 'Āmaui, Myadestes woahensis - extinct (mid-19th century)
- Rufous-brown Solitaire, Cichlopsis leucogenys
- White-eared Solitaire, Entomodestes leucotis
- Black Solitaire, Entomodestes coracinus
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