Slate-colored Solitaire
Myadestes unicolor
Slender, long-tailed thrush of humid evergreen forest in foothills and highlands. Best known for is ethereal, fluty song; thus, sadly, often sought for the cage bird trade. Usually seen singly, perched quietly and rather upright at low to high levels in forest, but a few may gather at fruiting trees with other species. Plumage slaty gray overall. Broken white eyering is thicker than Brown-backed Solitaire, which is more often a bird of pine-oak forest.
Taxonomy
- Scientific name
- Myadestes unicolor
- Authority
- Sclater, PL, 1857
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Turdidae
- Genus
- Myadestes
Range and habitat
- Migration
- Vertical migration
Conservation
- Population trend
- declining
Photos
Distribution
Bird Calls
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