Myadestes

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Myadestes

Genus of birds

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

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They are found in the Americas and Hawaiʻi, 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.[1][2] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek mua meaning "fly" and edestēs meaning "eater".[3]

The genus contains 12 species:[4]

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References

  1. [1]
    Swainson, William John (1838). Flycatchers. Naturalist's Library. Edinburgh: W.H. Lizars. p. 132.
  2. [2]
    Mayr, Ernst; Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, eds. (1964). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 10. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 89.
  3. [3]
    Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 263. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
  4. [4]
    Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (January 2023). "Thrushes". IOC World Bird List Version 13.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
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