Slate-colored solitaire | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
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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