Rufous-throated solitaire

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Rufous-throated solitaire
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Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Turdidae
Genus: Myadestes
Species:
M. genibarbis
Binomial name
Myadestes genibarbis
Swainson, 1838
Myadestes genibarbis map.svg

The rufous-throated solitaire (Myadestes genibarbis) is a species of bird placed in the family Turdidae. It is found on Dominica, Hispaniola (Dominican Republic and Haiti), Jamaica, Martinique, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent, and Puerto Rico. 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;[2] a local folk group of the early 1970s, the Siffleur Montagne Chorale, named themselves after it.[3][4]

Taxonomy[]

The subspecies M. g. sibilans is sometimes considered a full species, the Saint Vincent solitaire Myadestes sibilans Lawrence, 1878.

References[]

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Myadestes genibarbis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22708596A94167274. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22708596A94167274.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Flora & Fauna of Dominica". A Virtual Dominica. Delphis DM. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
  3. ^ Dominica: Nature Island of the Caribbean. Hansib. 1989. p. 315. ISBN 1-87051-817-9. Retrieved 21 August 2012. The tunes are very melodious and this has prompted a local chorale (The Siffleur Montagne Chorale) to adopt its name.
  4. ^ Honychurch, Lennox; (1982). Our Island Culture. Dominica Cultural Council. p. 51. OCLC 28259054. The Siffleur Montagne Chorale produced two longplaying records of folksongs in the early 1970s.


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