Myadestes | |
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Puaiohi (M. palmeri) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Turdidae |
Subfamily: | Myadestinae |
Genus: | Myadestes Swainson, 1838 |
Type species | |
Myadestes genibarbis Swainson, 1838
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Species | |
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Myadestes is a genus of solitaires, medium-sized mostly insectivorous birds in the thrush family, Turdidae.
They are found in the Americas and Hawaiʻi, where several island species have become extinct.