Rufous-throated solitaire explained

The rufous-throated solitaire (Myadestes genibarbis) is a species of bird placed in the family Turdidae.

Distribution and habitat

It is found Jamaica and Hispanoila, and in the Lesser Antilles on Dominica, Martinique, St. Lucia, and St. Vincent. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

Names

The bird is nicknamed the siffleur montagne (or mountain whistler) in Dominica;^[1] a local folk group of the early 1970s, the Siffleur Montagne Chorale, named themselves after it.^{[2] [3] [4]} In the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico, the bird is called solitario gorjirrufo.

Taxonomy

The subspecies M. g. sibilans is sometimes considered a full species, as the Saint Vincent solitaire (Myadestes sibilans).^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Flora & Fauna of Dominica. 21 August 2012. A Virtual Dominica. Delphis DM.
2. Book: Dominica: Nature Island of the Caribbean. 315. 1-87051-817-9. 1989. 21 August 2012. Hansib. The tunes are very melodious and this has prompted a local chorale (The Siffleur Montagne Chorale) to adopt its name..
3. Book: Our Island Culture. Honychurch. Lennox. Lennox Honychurch. Caudeiron. Mabel Cissie. Cissie Caudeiron. 51. 28259054. 1982. Dominica Cultural Council. The Siffleur Montagne Chorale produced two longplaying records of folksongs in the early 1970s..
4. Web site: Jean Lawrence- Mathurin, Dominica's folk music icon: her music lives on. The Sun. 20 April 2020.
5. Lawrence, 1878.