White-eared Solitaire

About the White-eared Solitaire

The white-eared solitaire (Entomodestes leucotis) is a species of bird in the family Turdidae, the thrushes. It is found in Bolivia and Peru. The white-eared solitaire was originally described in 1844 as Ptilogonys leucotis. It was later reassigned to its current genus Entomodestes that Leonhard Stejneger erected for it in 1883.

The white-eared solitaire is monotypic. It shares its genus with the black solitaire (E. coracinus) and the two form a superspecies. The white-eared solitaire is 22 to 24 cm (8.7 to 9.4 in) long and weighs about 58 g (2.0 oz). Adult males have a large white patch from their bill through their ear coverts on an otherwise black head. They have a rich chestnut nape and upperparts with some white in the carpal area. Their wing coverts are rich chestnut and their flight feathers blackish with a wide white bar on the underside. Their tail is mostly blackish with white on the ends of the outer feathers. Their underparts are black. Adult females have a browner crown than males and some brown on their underparts. Both sexes have a red to brown iris, a black maxilla, a yellow mandible, and blackish legs and feet. Juveniles... Wikipedia →