Andean Solitaire - BirdForum Opus

Photo © by Pitter
Dapa, Valle de Cauca, Colombia, April 2013

Myadestes ralloides

Identification

17–18 cm (6¾-7 in)

• Greyish-olive crown
• Reddish-brown upperparts
• Black lores

Distribution

Central and South America:
Central America: Costa Rica, Panama
South America: Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 4 subspecies^[1]:

• M. r. plumbeiceps:

• Western and central Andes of Colombia and western Ecuador

• M. r. candelae:

• North-central Colombia (Magdalena Valley)

• M. r. venezuelensis:

• Eastern Andes of Colombia to northern Venezuela, eastern Ecuador and northern Peru

• M. r. ralloides:

• Central Peru (La Libertad and Huánuco) to northern Bolivia

Habitat

Cloud forests; observed at heights around 2100m.

Behaviour

Diet

Their main diet consists of fruit and insects.

Vocalisation

Recording © by dannybregman
left of the Andes at an altitude of 1900 meters in Ecuador, October 2018

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2018. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2018. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Avibase
3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved November 2014)

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Andean Solitaire. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 13 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Andean_Solitaire

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