Slate-colored Solitaire - BirdForum Opus

Photo by Raul Padilla
Tlanchinol, Hidalgo, Mexico, May 2017

Myadestes unicolor

Identification

19–20·5 cm (7½-8 in)

• Dark slatey-grey upperparts
• Lighter grey underparts
• Blackish primary coverts
• Buff edges to flight feathers

Distribution

Central America: found in Mexico, [[]], Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua.

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 2 subspecies^[1]

• M. u. unicolor:

• Humid montane forests of southern Mexico to Guatemala and northern Honduras

• M. u. pallens:

• Humid montane forests of north-central Nicaragua

Habitat

Humid evergreen forests, particularly areas with lichens.

Behaviour

Diet

There is no information about their diet at time of editing (June 2017).

Breeding

They make their nest on the ground, in the leaf litter, or at the side of a ravine. It is usually constructed from moss. The clutch consists of 2-3 eggs.

Gallery

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  Photo by tomjenner
  Cusuco, Honduras, January 2005

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2016. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2016, with updates to August 2016. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Avibase
3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved June 2017)

• List of references

Recommended Citation

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

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