Entomodestes

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Entomodestes
MyiadestesCoracinusKeulemans.jpg
Entomodestes coracinus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Turdidae
Genus: Entomodestes
Stejneger, 1883
Type species
Ptilogonys leucotis [1]
von Tschudi, 1844
Species

E. coracinus
E. leucotis

Entomodestes is a small genus of birds in the thrush family. They are found in humid Andean highland forest in South America. The two species both have black underparts and head, and a white patch on the lower face, but differ in the colour of the back.

Species

ImageCommon nameScientific nameDistribution
Black solitaire Entomodestes coracinusColombia and Ecuador.
Entomodestes leucotis 66722235.jpg White-eared solitaire Entomodestes leucotis Bolivia and Peru

References

  1. "Turdidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-15.