Slate-colored solitaire

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Slate-colored solitaire
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Turdidae
Genus: Myadestes
Species:
M. unicolor
Binomial name
Myadestes unicolor
PL Sclater, 1857
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The slate-colored solitaire (Myadestes unicolor) is a species of bird in the family Turdidae. It is found in Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

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In Mexico, they play a significant role in certain Catholic rituals. [2]

References

  1. BirdLife International (2018). "Myadestes unicolor". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2018: e.T22708608A132074213. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22708608A132074213.en . Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  2. Roldán-Clarà, Blanca; Horta Hinojosa, Rosa Elvia (2022-12-13). "Fruits used in two rural communities of the Sierra Madre Oriental region, Mexico to feed captive Myadestes spp. birds for their acclimation". Ethnobiology and Conservation. 11. doi: 10.15451/ec2022-12-11.29-1-16 . ISSN   2238-4782.