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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha
Cladus: Crurotarsi
Divisio: Archosauria
Subsectio: Ornithodira
Subtaxon: Dinosauromorpha
Cladus: Dinosauria
Ordo: Saurischia
Cladus: Theropoda
Cladus: Neotheropoda
Infraclassis: Aves
Ordo: Passeriformes
Subordo: Passeri
Infraordo: Passerida
Superfamilia: Muscicapoidea

Familia: Turdidae
Genus: Myadestes
Species: M. coloratus - M. elisabeth - M. genibarbis - M. lanaiensis - M. melanops - †M. myadestinus - †M. oahensis - M. obscurus - M. occidentalis - M. palmeri - M. ralloides - M. townsendi - M. unicolor

Name

Myadestes Swainson, 1838
References
The naturalist's Library. 21(Flycatchers) p. 132

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.
Species in taxonomic order

Myadestes occidentalis Stejneger, 1882 - brown-backed solitaire (Mexico, northern Central America)
Myadestes unicolor Sclater, 1857 - slate-colored solitaire (Mexico, Central America)
Myadestes townsendi Audubon, 1838 - Townsend's solitaire (North America)
Myadestes myadestinus - kāmaʻo (Kauaʻi) (extinct, 1990s)
Myadestes palmeri Rothschild, 1893 - puaiohi (Kauaʻi)
Myadestes lanaiensis Wilson, 1891 - olomaʻo (Oʻahu, Maui, Lānaʻi and Molokaʻi) (probably extinct, 1980s?)
Myadestes lanaiensis woahensis - ʻāmaui (extinct, 1850s)
Myadestes lanaiensis lanaiensis - Lānaʻi olomaʻo (extinct, 1931–1933)
Myadestes lanaiensis rutha - Molokaʻi olomaʻo (probably extinct, 1980s?)
Myadestes obscurus J. F. Gmelin, 1789 - ʻōmaʻo (island of Hawaiʻi)
Myadestes elisabeth Lembeye, 1850 - Cuban solitaire
Myadestes elisabeth retrusus - pines solitaire (probably extinct, late 1930s, or 1970s?)
Myadestes genibarbis - rufous-throated solitaire (Caribbean)
Myadestes melanops - black-faced solitaire (Costa Rica, western Panama)
Myadestes coloratus Nelson, 1912 - varied solitaire (Panama, Colombia)
Myadestes ralloides D'Orbigny, 1840 - Andean solitaire

References

https://www.jstor.org/stable/4072338

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