Myadestes

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| image = Myadestes palmeri.jpg

| image_caption = Puaiohi (M. palmeri)

| taxon = Myadestes

| authority = Swainson, 1838

| type_species = Myadestes genibarbis

| type_species_authority = Swainson, 1838

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Myadestes is a genus of solitaires, medium-sized mostly insectivorous birds in the thrush family, Turdidae.

They are found in the Americas and Hawai{{Okina}}i, where several island species have become extinct.

Taxonomy

The genus Myadestes was introduced in 1838 by the English naturalist William Swainson to accommodate a single species, the rufous-throated solitaire, which is therefore the type species of the genus.{{ cite book | last=Swainson | first=William | author-link=William Swainson | year=1838 | title=Flycatchers | series=Naturalist's Library | location=Edinburgh | publisher=W.H. Lizars | page=132 | url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/17165117 }}{{ cite book | editor1-last=Mayr | editor1-first=Ernst | editor1-link=Ernst Mayr | editor2-last=Paynter | editor2-first=Raymond A. Jr | year=1964 | title=Check-List of Birds of the World | volume=10 | publisher=Museum of Comparative Zoology | place=Cambridge, Massachusetts | page=89 | url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14486278 }} The genus name combines the Ancient Greek mua meaning "fly" and edestēs meaning "eater".{{cite book | last=Jobling | first=James A. | year=2010| title=The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names | publisher=Christopher Helm | location=London | isbn=978-1-4081-2501-4 | page=263 | url=https://archive.org/stream/Helm_Dictionary_of_Scientific_Bird_Names_by_James_A._Jobling#page/n263/mode/1up }}

The genus contains 13 species:{{cite web| editor1-last=Gill | editor1-first=Frank | editor1-link=Frank Gill (ornithologist) | editor2-last=Donsker | editor2-first=David | editor3-last=Rasmussen | editor3-first=Pamela | editor3-link=Pamela C. Rasmussen | date=February 2025 | title=Thrushes | work=IOC World Bird List Version 15.1 | url=http://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/thrushes/ | publisher=International Ornithologists' Union | access-date=23 March 2025 }}

{{Species table |genus= Myadestes |authority-name=Swainson |authority-year=1838 |species-count=thirteen|no-note=y|narrow-percent=75}}

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|name=Brown-backed solitaire |binomial=Myadestes occidentalis

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|authority-name=Stejneger|authority-year=1882 |authority-not-original=

|range= northwest Mexico to Honduras

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|name=Slate-colored solitaire |binomial=Myadestes unicolor

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|authority-name=Sclater, PL|authority-year=1857 |authority-not-original=

|range= south Mexico to Nicaragua

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|name=Townsend's solitaire |binomial=Myadestes townsendi

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|authority-name=Audubon|authority-year=1838 |authority-not-original=yes

|range= west Canada to central Mexico

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|name=†Kamao |binomial=Myadestes myadestinus

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|authority-name=Stejneger|authority-year= 1887|authority-not-original=yes

|range= Kauai (Hawaiian Islands, extinct)

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|name=†Amaui |binomial=Myadestes woahensis

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|authority-name=Bloxam, A|authority-year= 1899|authority-not-original=yes

|range= Oahu (Hawaiian Islands, extinct)

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|name=Puaiohi |binomial=Myadestes palmeri

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|authority-name=Rothschild|authority-year=1893 |authority-not-original=yes

|range= Kauai (Hawaiian Islands)

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|name= Oloma'o|binomial=Myadestes lanaiensis

|image=File:Aves Hawaiienses 1891 Myadestes lanaiensis.jpg|image-size=180px |image-alt=

|authority-name=Wilson, SB|authority-year=1891 |authority-not-original=yes

|range= Hawaiian Islands

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|name= ʻŌmaʻo|binomial=Myadestes obscurus

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|authority-name=Gmelin, JF|authority-year=1789 |authority-not-original=yes

|range= Hawaii (Hawaiian Islands)

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|name=Cuban solitaire |binomial=Myadestes elisabeth

|image=File:Cuban Solitaire - Cuba S4E9751 (17233178372).jpg|image-size=180px |image-alt=

|authority-name=Lembeye|authority-year=1850 |authority-not-original=yes

|range= Cuba

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|name= Rufous-throated solitaire|binomial=Myadestes genibarbis

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|authority-name=Swainson|authority-year=1838 |authority-not-original=

|range= West Indies

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|name=Black-faced solitaire |binomial=Myadestes melanops

|image=File:Myadestes melanops.jpg|image-size=180px |image-alt=

|authority-name=Salvin|authority-year= 1865|authority-not-original=

|range= Costa Rica and Panama

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|name=Varied solitaire |binomial=Myadestes coloratus

|image=File:Myadestes coloratus.jpg|image-size=180px |image-alt=

|authority-name=Nelson|authority-year= 1912 |authority-not-original=

|range= Panama

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|name=Andean solitaire |binomial=Myadestes ralloides

|image=File:Myadestes ralloides 75757649.jpg|image-size=180px |image-alt=

|authority-name=d'Orbigny|authority-year=1840 |authority-not-original=yes

|range= north Venezuela to west Bolivia

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References

Category:Bird genera

Category:Birds of the Americas

Category:Taxa named by William Swainson