Rufous-brown Solitaire

About the Rufous-brown Solitaire

The rufous-brown solitaire (Cichlopsis leucogenys) is a species of bird in the thrush family Turdidae. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. The rufous-brown solitaire was originally described by Jean Cabanis in 1840 with its current binomial Cichlopsis leucogenys. Cabanis erected Cichlopsis for this species, reassigning it from earlier erroneous placements. For a time in the mid-late twentieth century some authors merged Cichlopsis into genus Myadestes but by the end of the century the species was generally recognized in Cichlopsis.

The rufous-brown solitaire's further taxonomy is unresolved. The IOC, the Clements taxonomy, AviList, and the independent South American Classification Committee treat it as the only member of its genus. They assign it these four subspecies:

C. l. gularis Salvin & Godman, 1882 C. l. chubbi Chapman, 1924 C. l. peruviana Hellmayr, 1930 C. l. leucogenys Cabanis, 1851 BirdLife International's Handbook of the Birds of the World (HBW) has treated each of these as a separate species since 2016. It names them thus:

C. gularis: Guianan solitaire C. chubbi: chestnut-throated solitaire C.... Wikipedia →