Rufous-throated solitaire

Rufous-throated solitaire
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Turdidae
Genus:	Myadestes
Species:	M. genibarbis
Binomial name
	Myadestes genibarbis; Swainson, 1838

The rufous-throated solitaire (Myadestes genibarbis) is a species of bird placed in the family Turdidae. It is found on Dominica, Hispaniola (Dominican Republic and Haiti), Jamaica, Martinique, Saint Lucia and Saint Vincent. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. The bird is nicknamed the siffleur montagne (or mountain whistler) in Dominica;[2] a local folk group of the early 1970s, the Siffleur Montagne Chorale, named themselves after it.[3][4]

Taxonomy

The subspecies M. g. sibilans is sometimes considered a full species, the Saint Vincent solitaire Myadestes sibilans Lawrence, 1878.

References

BirdLife International. (2016). Myadestes genibarbis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22708596A94167274.en
"Flora & Fauna of Dominica". A Virtual Dominica. Delphis DM. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
Dominica: Nature Island of the Caribbean. Hansib. 1989. p. 315. ISBN 1-87051-817-9. Retrieved 21 August 2012. The tunes are very melodious and this has prompted a local chorale (The Siffleur Montagne Chorale) to adopt its name.
Honychurch, Lennox; Caudeiron, Mabel Cissie (1982). Our Island Culture. Dominica Cultural Council. p. 51. OCLC 28259054. The Siffleur Montagne Chorale produced two longplaying records of folksongs in the early 1970s.

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[1] BirdLife International. (2016). Myadestes genibarbis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22708596A94167274.en

[2] "Flora & Fauna of Dominica". A Virtual Dominica. Delphis DM. Retrieved 21 August 2012.

[3] Dominica: Nature Island of the Caribbean. Hansib. 1989. p. 315. ISBN 1-87051-817-9. Retrieved 21 August 2012. The tunes are very melodious and this has prompted a local chorale (The Siffleur Montagne Chorale) to adopt its name.

[4] Honychurch, Lennox; Caudeiron, Mabel Cissie (1982). Our Island Culture. Dominica Cultural Council. p. 51. OCLC 28259054. The Siffleur Montagne Chorale produced two longplaying records of folksongs in the early 1970s.