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Solitaire (bird)

Solitaires

Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Animalia
Division:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Turdidae

Genera

Myadestes
Cichlopsis
Entomodestes

This article is about the New World passerine birds called solitaires. For the unrelated and extinct Réunion Solitaire and Rodrigues Solitaire, see Dodo.

There is also a type of card game called solitaire.

The Solitaires are medium-sized mostly insectivorous birds in the genera Myadestes, Cichlopsis and Entomodestes of the thrush family Turdidae.

These are species of the Americas and Hawaii.

Species list:

Townsend's Solitaire, Myadestes townsendi
Brown-backed Solitaire, Myadestes occidentalis
Cuban Solitaire, Myadestes elisabeth
Rufous-throated Solitaire, Myadestes genibarbis
Black-faced Solitaire, Myadestes melanops
Varied Solitaire, Myadestes coloratus
Slate-colored Solitaire, Myadestes unicolor
Andean Solitaire, Myadestes ralloides
Kamao, Myadestes myadestinus
Olomao, Myadestes lanaiensis
Omao, Myadestes obscurus
Puaiohi, Myadestes palmeri

Rufous-brown Solitaire, Cichlopsis leucogenys

White-eared Solitaire, Entomodestes leucotis
Black Solitaire, Entomodestes coracinus

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