''Myadestes'' is a genus of solitaires, medium-sized mostly

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s in the thrush family,

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. They are found in the

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and

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, where several island species have become

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Species in taxonomic order

* ''Myadestes occidentalis''

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, 1882 -

brown-backed solitaire The brown-backed solitaire (''Myadestes occidentalis'') is considered a thrush and is placed in the family Turdidae. It is a medium-sized bird about 21 centimeters (8 inches) long. It is a mostly grayish bird with brown flight feathers (hence t ...

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, northern

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) *''Myadestes unicolor'' Sclater, 1857 - slate-colored solitaire (

) *''Myadestes townsendi''

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, 1838 -

Townsend's solitaire Townsend's solitaire (''Myadestes townsendi'') is a medium-sized thrush, the only solitaire native to America north of Mexico. Range and habitat This solitaire ranges from southern Alaska, British Columbia and Alberta to northern Zacatecas in Me ...

(

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) *''Myadestes myadestinus'' - kāmao (

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) (extinct, 1990s) *''Myadestes palmeri''

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, 1893 -

puaiohi The puaiohi (''Myadestes palmeri''), or small Kauai thrush, is a rare species of songbird in the Thrush (bird), thrush family, Turdidae, that is Endemism, endemic to the Hawaiian island of Kauai, Kauai. It is closely related to the other three en ...

(

) *''Myadestes lanaiensis''

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, 1891 - olomao (

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, Lānai and

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) (probably extinct, 1980s?) ** ''Myadestes lanaiensis woahensis'' - āmaui (extinct, 1850s) **''Myadestes lanaiensis lanaiensis'' - Lānai olomao (extinct, 1931–1933) ** ''Myadestes lanaiensis rutha'' - Molokai olomao (probably extinct, 1980s?) *''Myadestes obscurus''

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, 1789 - ōmao (

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) * ''Myadestes elisabeth''

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, 1850 -

Cuban solitaire The Cuban solitaire (''Myadestes elisabeth''), also known as the Cuban nightingale, is a species of bird in the family Turdidae. It is endemic to Cuba. Its natural habitat is Cuban moist forests#Montane forests, montane moist forests. It is thre ...

** ''Myadestes elisabeth retrusus'' - pines solitaire (probably extinct, late 1930s, or 1970s?) * ''Myadestes genibarbis'' - rufous-throated solitaire (

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) * ''Myadestes melanops'' -

black-faced solitaire The black-faced solitaire (''Myadestes melanops'') is a bird in the Thrush (bird), thrush family endemic to highlands in Costa Rica and western Panama. This is a bird of dense undergrowth and bamboo clumps in wet mountain forest, normally from ...

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, western

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) * ''Myadestes coloratus''

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, 1912 -

varied solitaire The varied solitaire (''Myadestes coloratus'') is a species of bird in the family Turdidae. It is found in Colombia and Panama. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forest Montane ecosystems are found on the slopes of ...

(

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) * ''Myadestes ralloides'' D'Orbigny, 1840 -

Andean solitaire The Andean solitaire (''Myadestes ralloides'') is a species of bird in the family Turdidae. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forest Montane ecosyst ...

References

#https://www.jstor.org/stable/4072338 {{Taxonbar, from=Q1088544 Bird genera * Taxa named by William John Swainson