Slate-colored Solitaire (Myadestes unicolor)
About the Slate-colored Solitaire
The slate-colored solitaire (Myadestes unicolor) is a species of bird in the family Turdidae, the thrushes. It is found in Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua. The slate-colored solitaire was originally described in 1857 as Myadestes unicolor and has retained that binomial since then. The slate-colored solitaire and the brown-backed solitaire (M. occidentalis) are sister species. The slate-colored solitaire's further taxonomy is not settled. The IOC, AviList, and BirdLife International's Handbook of the Birds of the World treat it as monospecific. However, the Clements taxonomy assigns it two subspecies, the nominate M. u. unicolor (PL Sclater, 1857) and M. u. pallens (Miller & Griscom, 1925). This article treats the slate-colored solitaire as monotypic.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 97 recordings for this species: 11 CC BY-NC-SA · 5 CC BY-NC-ND. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
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Listed as recorded in Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Andean SolitaireMyadestes ralloidesrecording
- Black-faced SolitaireMyadestes melanopsrecording
- Rufous-throated SolitaireMyadestes genibarbisrecording
- Townsend's SolitaireMyadestes townsendirecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.