Biology:Rufous-throated solitaire
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Turdidae |
| Genus: | Myadestes |
| Species: | M. genibarbis
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| Myadestes genibarbis Swainson, 1838
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The rufous-throated solitaire (Myadestes genibarbis) is a species of bird placed in the family Turdidae.
Distribution and habitat
It is found on Dominica, Hispaniola (in the Dominican Republic and Haiti), Jamaica, Martinique, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent, and Puerto Rico. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
Names
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][5] In the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico, the bird is called solitario gorjirrufo.
Taxonomy
The subspecies M. g. sibilans is sometimes considered a full species, as the Saint Vincent solitaire (Myadestes sibilans).[6]
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2016). "Myadestes genibarbis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T22708596A94167274. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22708596A94167274.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22708596/94167274. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ↑ "Flora & Fauna of Dominica". A Virtual Dominica. Delphis DM. http://www.avirtualdominica.com/nature.cfm. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
- ↑ Dominica: Nature Island of the Caribbean. Hansib. 1989. p. 315. ISBN 1-87051-817-9. https://books.google.com/books?id=f8VrAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Siffleur+Montagne+Chorale%22. 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. https://books.google.com/books?id=gcVrAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Siffleur+Montagne+Chorale%22. "The Siffleur Montagne Chorale produced two longplaying records of folksongs in the early 1970s."
- ↑ "Jean Lawrence- Mathurin, Dominica's folk music icon: her music lives on". 20 April 2020. http://sundominica.com/articles/jean-lawrence-mathurin-dominicas-folk-music-icon-h-5595/.
- ↑ Lawrence, 1878.
Wikidata ☰ Q3321742 entry
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