Solitaires
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Division:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Passeriformes
Family:Turdidae
Genera
Myadestes
Cichlopsis
Entomodestes
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