Overview
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Myadestes is a genus of , 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
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- Myadestes townsendi Audubon, 1838 - Townsend's Solitaire (North America)
- Myadestes occidentalis Stejneger, 1882 - Brown-backed Solitaire (Mexico, northern Central America)
- Myadestes elisabeth Lembeye, 1850 - Cuban Solitaire
- Myadestes elisabeth retrusus - Pines Solitaire (probably extinct, late 1930s, or 1970s?)
- Myadestes genibarbis - Rufous-throated Solitaire (Caribbean)
- Myadestes melanops - Black-faced Solitaire (Costa Rica, western Panama)
- Myadestes coloratus Nelson, 1912 - Varied Solitaire (Panama, Colombia)
- Myadestes unicolor Sclater, 1857 - Slate-colored Solitaire (Mexico, Central America)
- Myadestes ralloides D'Orbigny, 1840 - Andean Solitaire
- Myadestes myadestinus - Kama?o (Kaua?i) (extinct, 1990s)
- Myadestes lanaiensis Wilson, 1891 - Oloma?o
- Myadestes lanaiensis lanaiensis - Lana?i Oloma?o (extinct, 1931-1933)
- Myadestes lanaiensis rutha - Moloka?i Oloma?o (probably extinct, 1980s?)
- Myadestes obscurus J. F. Gmelin, 1789 - ?Oma?o (island of Hawai?i)
- Myadestes palmeri Rothschild, 1893 - Puaiohi (Kaua?i)
- Myadestes woahensis Bloxam, 1899 - ?Amaui (O?ahu) (extinct, 1850s)
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Taxonomy
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- Domain: Eukaryota
Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia
Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Branch: Deuterostomia
Grobben, 1908 - Deuterostomes
- Infrakingdom: Chordonia
(Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum: Chordata
Bateson, 1885 - Chordates
- Subphylum: Vertebrata
Cuvier, 1812 - Vertebrates
- Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Auct. - Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass: Tetrapoda
Goodrich, 1930 - Tetrapods
- Class: Aves
Linnaeus, 1758 - Birds
- Subclass: Neornithes
Gadow, 1893
- Infraclass: Neoaves
- Superorder: Passerimorphae
- Order: Passeriformes
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - Perching Birds
- Suborder: Passeri
- Parvorder: Passerida
- Superfamily: Muscicapoidea
- Family: Muscicapidae - Old World Flycatchers
- Superfamily: Muscicapoidea
- Parvorder: Passerida
- Suborder: Passeri
- Order: Passeriformes
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - Perching Birds
- Superorder: Passerimorphae
- Infraclass: Neoaves
- Subclass: Neornithes
Gadow, 1893
- Class: Aves
Linnaeus, 1758 - Birds
- Superclass: Tetrapoda
Goodrich, 1930 - Tetrapods
- Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Auct. - Jawed Vertebrates
- Subphylum: Vertebrata
Cuvier, 1812 - Vertebrates
- Phylum: Chordata
Bateson, 1885 - Chordates
- Infrakingdom: Chordonia
(Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Branch: Deuterostomia
Grobben, 1908 - Deuterostomes
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Kingdom: Animalia
Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
The Genus Myadestes is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 44 species and subspecies in the Genus Myadestes: M. coloratus (Varied Solitaire) · M. coloratus coloratus (Varied Solitaire) · M. elisabeth (Cuban Solitaire) · M. elisabeth elisabeth (Cuban Solitaire) · M. elisabeth retrusus · M. genibarbis (Rufous-Throated Solitaire) · M. genibarbis dominicanus · M. genibarbis genibarbis (Rufous-Throated Solitaire) · M. genibarbis montanus · M. genibarbis sanctaeluciae · M. genibarbis sibilans · M. genibarbis solitarius · M. lanaiensis (Hawaiian Thrush) · M. lanaiensis lanaiensis (Hawaiian Thrush) · M. lanaiensis rutha (Molokai Thrush) · M. leucogenys (Rufous-Brown Solitaire) · M. leucogenys leucogenys (Rufous-Brown Solitaire) · M. melanops (Black-Faced Solitaire) · M. myadestinus (Large Kauai Thrush) · M. oahensis (Amaui) · M. oahuensis · M. obscurus (Brown-Backed Solitaire) · M. obscurus obscurus (Brown-Backed Solitaire) · M. obscurus occidentalis · M. obscurus rutha · M. occidentalis (Brown-Backed Solitaire) · M. occidentalis orientalis · M. palmeri (Small Kauai Thrush) · M. ralloides (Andean Solitaire) · M. ralloides candelae · M. ralloides melanops · M. ralloides plumbeiceps · M. ralloides ralloides (Andean Solitaire) · M. ralloides venezuelensis · M. solitarius · M. townsendi (Townsend's Fly-Catching Thrush) · M. townsendi calophonus · M. townsendi townsendi (Townsend's Fly-Catching Thrush) · M. townsendii · M. towsendi · M. unicolor (Slate-Coloured Solitaire) · M. unicolor pallens · M. unicolor unicolor (Slate-Coloured Solitaire) · M. woahensis (Amaui)
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