BIRDS of THE WORLD - An Online Bird Book
TURDIDAE
Order Passeriformes Family Turdidae
Solitaires
TURDIDAE
Order Passeriformes Family Turdidae
Thrushes are plump, soft-plumaged, small to medium-sized birds, inhabiting wooded areas, and often feed on the ground or eat small fruit. Most species are gray or brown in color, often with speckled underparts. Even if the adults do not have these speckles, the juveniles often will. They are insectivorous, but most species also eat worms, snails, and fruit. Thrushes build cup-shaped nests, sometimes lining them with mud. They lay two to five speckled eggs, sometimes laying two or more clutches per year. Both parents help in raising the young. The songs of some species are considered to be among the most beautiful in the avian world.
The thrushes are presented on the following web pages:
1) Geokichla and Zoothera 2) Bluebirds 3) Solitaires
4) Nigthingale-Thrushes 5) True thrushes (Turdus) 6) Miscellaneous
The thrushes are presented on the following web pages:
1) Geokichla and Zoothera 2) Bluebirds 3) Solitaires
4) Nigthingale-Thrushes 5) True thrushes (Turdus) 6) Miscellaneous
Solitaires
Genus Cichlopsis - 1 species
Solitaire, Rufous-brown Cichlopsis leucogenys Found: northern South America
Image by: 1) Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Dusan_Brinkhuizen
Genus Entomodestes
They are found in humid Andean highland forest in South America. The two species both have black underparts and head, and a white patch on the lower face, but differ in the colour of the back.
Solitaire, Black Entomodestes coracinus Found: Columbia, Ecuador
Image by: 1) Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Jorge_Munoz_García 2) Peter Bong
Solitaire, White-eared Entomodestes leucotis Found: Bolivia, Peru
Image by: 1) Claudio Timm 2) Nick Athanas - Peru
Genus Grandala - 1 species
Grandala Grandala coelicolor Found: northeastern Indian subcontinent
Image by: 1) Yann_Muzika- China 2) Solundir - Nepal
Genus Myadestes
Omao Myadestes obscurus Found: island of Hawaii
The Omao has dull olive-brown upperparts; gray-brown head; gray underparts; whitish vent and undertail coverts.
Image by: 1) Joseph Smit 2) Caleb Siemmons
Puaiohi also Small Kauai Thrush Myadestes palmeri Kauai
Image by: 1) Biodiversity Library 2) Eike Wulfmeyer
Solitaire,_Andean Myadestes ralloides Found: northern South America
Image by: 1) Jerry Oldenettel - Ecuador 2) Christopher_Canaday - Ecuador 3) Nick Athanas - Peru
Solitaire, Black-faced Myadestes melanops Found: Costa Rica, Panama
The Black-faced Solitaire has mainly dary gray plumage; black face, wings; orange bill, legs.
Image by: 1 Basar 2) Paul Bedel - Costa Rical 3) Don Faulkner - Costa Rica
Solitaire, Brown-backed Myadestes occidentalis Found: Mexico, northern Central America
The Brown-backed Solitaire has mostly gray plumage; brown wings (similar to a brown back when folded); white eye-ring.
Image by: 1) Francesco Veronesi - Mexico 2, 3) Jerry Oldenettel - Arizona 4) Nick Athanas - Mexico
Solitaire, Cuban Myadestes elisabeth Found: Cuba
The Cuban Solitaire has brown upperparts; pale underparts. It has a wonderful song.
Image by: 1) Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Yeray_Seminario 2, 3) Jerry Oldenettel 
Solitaire, Rufous-throated Myadestes genibarbis Found: Caribbean
Image by: 1) Don Faulkner - Dominica 2) Marcel Holyoak
Solitaire, Slate-colored Myadestes unicolor Found: Mexico, Central America
The Slate-colored Solitaire has mainly gray plumage; black eye-line; white broken eye-ring.
Image by: 1) Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Asociacion_AESMO 2) Jorge Montejo - Mexico 3) Nick Athanas - Mexico
Solitaire, Townsend's Myadestes townsendi Found: North America
The Townsend's Solitaire has gray plumage; paler underparts; white eye-ring; blackish bill.
Image by: 1, 3) David Mitchell 2) Brian_Hoffe
Solitaire,_Varied Myadestes coloratus Found: Columbia, Panama
The Varied Solitaire has brown upperparts; black wings, tail; pink bill; slate gray cap, neck, underparts; blackish face.
Image by: 1) Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Andrew_Spencer