Solitaire (bird)

This article is about the New World passerine birds called solitaires. There are unrelated and extinct birds named Réunion Solitaire and Rodrigues Solitaire.

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