Species: Myadestes townsendi
Townsend's Solitaire
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Classification
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Craniata
Class
Aves
Order
Passeriformes
Family
Turdidae
Genus
Myadestes
NatureServe
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
Ecology and Life History
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
Conservation Status
NatureServe Global Status Rank
G5
Global Status Last Reviewed
2009-03-19
Global Status Last Changed
1996-12-03
Other Status
LC - Least concern
Distribution
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)