Rufous-throated solitaire
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Myadestes genibarbis

The rufous-throated solitaire (Myadestes genibarbis ) is a species of bird placed in the family Turdidae.

Animal name origin

The bird is nicknamed the siffleur montagne (or mountain whistler) in Dominica; a local folk group of the early 1970s, the Siffleur Montagne Chorale, named themselves after it. In the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico, it is called solitario gorjirrufo.

Distribution

Geography

It is found on Dominica, Hispaniola (in the 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.

Rufous-throated solitaire habitat map
Rufous-throated solitaire habitat map
Rufous-throated solitaire
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References

1. Rufous-throated solitaire Wikipedia article - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rufous-throated_solitaire
2. Rufous-throated solitaire on The IUCN Red List site - https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22708596/94167274
3. Xeno-canto bird call - https://xeno-canto.org/589894

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