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Solitaire (bird)
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For other uses, see Solitaire (disambiguation)
The Solitaires are medium-sized mostly insectivorous bird
s 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.
Genera:
Solitaire (disambiguation)
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The Solitaires are medium-sized mostly insectivorous bird
Bird
Birds are feathered, winged, bipedal, endothermic , egg-laying, vertebrate animals. Around 10,000 living species and 188 families makes them the most speciose class of tetrapod vertebrates. They inhabit ecosystems across the globe, from the Arctic to the Antarctic. Extant birds range in size from...
s in the genera
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
Myadestes, Cichlopsis and Entomodestes of the thrush
Thrush (bird)
The thrushes, family Turdidae, are a group of passerine birds that occur worldwide.-Characteristics:Thrushes are plump, soft-plumaged, small to medium-sized birds, inhabiting wooded areas, and often feed on the ground or eat small fruit. The smallest thrush may be the Forest Rock-thrush, at and...
family Turdidae.
These are species
Species
In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...
of the Americas
Americas
The Americas, or America , are lands in the Western hemisphere, also known as the New World. In English, the plural form the Americas is often used to refer to the landmasses of North America and South America with their associated islands and regions, while the singular form America is primarily...
and Hawaii
Hawaii
Hawaii is the newest of the 50 U.S. states , and is the only U.S. state made up entirely of islands. It is the northernmost island group in Polynesia, occupying most of an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of...
; especially in the latter part of their range, several island populations have gone extinct.
Genera:
- MyadestesMyadestesMyadestes is a genus of solitaires, medium-sized mostly insectivorous birds in the thrush family Turdidae.They are found in the Americas and Hawaii, where several island species have become extinct.-Species in taxonomic order:...
- CichlopsisRufous-brown SolitaireThe Rufous-brown Solitaire is a species of bird in the Turdidae family.It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
- EntomodestesEntomodestesEntomodestes is a small genus of birds in the thrush family. They are found in humid Andean highland forest in South America. The two species both have black underparts and head, and a white patch on the lower face, but differ in the colour of the back....