Order Passeriformes Higher classification Myadestes | Phylum Chordata Family Turdidae Scientific name Myadestes genibarbis Rank Species | |
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Similar White‑eyed thrush, La Selle thrush, Bird, White‑chinned thrush, Myadestes | ||
Rufous throated solitaire
The rufous-throated solitaire (Myadestes genibarbis) is a species of bird placed in the family Turdidae. 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. The bird is nicknamed the siffleur montagne (or mountain whistler) in Dominica; a local folk group of the early 1970s, the Siffleur Montagne Chorale, named themselves after it.
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Rufous throated solitaire
Taxonomy
The subspecies M. g. sibilans is sometimes considered a full species, the Saint Vincent solitaire Myadestes sibilans Lawrence, 1878.
References
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