Species: Myadestes townsendi

Townsend's Solitaire
Species
    Kingdom
    Animalia
    Phylum
    Craniata
    Class

    Aves

    Order

    Passeriformes

    Family

    Turdidae

    Genus

    Myadestes

    Classification
    Other Global Common Names
    Clarín Norteño - solitaire de Townsend
    Informal Taxonomy
    Animals, Vertebrates - Birds - Perching Birds
    Formal Taxonomy
    Animalia - Craniata - Aves - Passeriformes - Turdidae - Myadestes
    Short General Description
    A bird (thrush, solitaire).
    Migration
    true - true - true - Breeding populations north of southwestern Canada move south for winter. Individuals generally move to lower elevations for winter.
    Non-migrant
    true
    Locally Migrant
    true
    Food Comments
    Diet includes insects (e.g., caterpillars, beetles, wasps, ants, bugs) and fruits (e.g., juniper, rose, mistletoe, madrone); also pine seeds (Terres 1980). Solitaries fly out from perches and catch insects in the air.
    Reproduction Comments
    Clutch size is 3-5 (usually 4).
    Ecology Comments
    Usually seen singly, in pairs, or small family groups.
    Length
    22
    Weight
    34
    NatureServe Global Status Rank
    G5
    Global Status Last Reviewed
    2009-03-19
    Global Status Last Changed
    1996-12-03
    Other Status

    LC - Least concern

    Conservation Status Map
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    Global Range
    H - >2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles) - H - Breeding range extends from eastern Alaska and Yukon south in mountains through western Canada and the western United States (south to southern California, Arizona, New Mexico, and east to Montana, northeastern Wyoming, southwestern South Dakota, northwestern Nebraska) and in the mountains of Mexico from Chuhuahua to Zacatecas (Bowen 1997, AOU 1998). The primary winter range extends from southwestern Canada, Montana, and South Dakota, east to central Texas, south to northern Baja California, Sonora, and the southern limits of the breeding range in Mexico (AOU 1998); solitaires sometimes appear in areas to the east of this range.
    Global Range Code
    H
    Global Range Description
    >2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles)
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