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Photo by firecrest15
Savegre river valley, Costa Rica, May 2009

Myadestes melanops

Identification

16-18.5 cm

Slate grey body
Black face and chin
Broad orange bill
Wings and tail have black edging
Silvery-white underwing coverts
Orange legs.

Juvenile: buffy streaking on the head and upperparts. Underparts show brownish-buff mottling.

Distribution

Mountains of Costa Rica and western Panama (east to Veraguas)

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species^[1].

Has been considered a subspecies of Andean Solitaire (Myadestes ralloides) in the past^[2].

Habitat

Found at heights from around 750 to 3000m in wet mountain forest, riverine scrub and woodland.

Behaviour

Inclined to lurks in the dense under-storey, though can be heard singing high in the canopy.

Diet

The diet includes insects and berries.

Breeding

The nest is a cup comprised of material such as moss. It can be found in a tree crevice or a hole in a mossy bank. The clutch is laid between April and June and consists of 2 or 3 pink or white eggs with rufous brown marks. The young fledge after 15-16 days.

References

Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
Avibase
Wikipedia
BF Member observations

List of references

Recommended Citation

BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Black-faced Solitaire. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 15 January 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Black-faced_Solitaire

External Links

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-[[Image:Black-faced_Solitaire.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|firecrest15|firecrest15}}<br />Location: Savegre river valley, [[Costa Rica]]]]
+[[Image:Black-faced_Solitaire.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|firecrest15|firecrest15}}<br />Savegre river valley, [[Costa Rica]], May 2009]]
 ;[[:Category:Myadestes|Myadestes]] melanops
 ==Identification==
--18.5 cm.  Slate grey, black face and chin, broad orange bill,  slate wings and tail edged black, silvery-white underwing coverts, orange legs.  <br />
+-18.5 cm<br />
-'''Juvenile''' - buff streaks on head and upperparts, buff and brown mottling on the underparts.
+*Slate grey body
+*Black face and chin
+*Broad orange bill
+*Wings and tail have black edging
+*Silvery-white underwing coverts
+*Orange legs.  <br />
+'''Juvenile''': buffy streaking on the head and upperparts. Underparts show brownish-buff mottling.
 ==Distribution==
-[[Costa Rica]] and western [[Panama]].
+Mountains of [[Costa Rica]] and western [[Panama]] (east to Veraguas)
 ==Taxonomy==
-Monotypic.
+This is a [[Dictionary_M-S#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>.
+Has been considered a subspecies of [[Andean Solitaire]] (''Myadestes ralloides'') in the past<sup>[[#References|[2]]]</sup>.
 ==Habitat==
-Dense undergrowth and bamboo clumps in wet mountain forest, normally from 750 to 3000 m.
+Found at heights from around 750 to 3000m in wet mountain forest, riverine scrub and woodland.
 ==Behaviour==
+Inclined to lurks in the dense under-storey, though can be heard singing high in the canopy.
 ====Diet====
 The diet includes insects and berries.
 ====Breeding====
-It builds a cup nest of mosses and liverworts in a tree crevice, hole in a mossy bank. Two to three rufous-brown marked white or pinkish eggs are laid between April and June. The fledging period is 15-16 days.
+The nest is a cup comprised of material such as moss. It can be found in a tree crevice or a hole in a mossy bank. The clutch is laid between April and June and consists of 2 or 3 pink or white eggs with rufous brown marks. The young fledge after 15-16 days.
+==References==
+#{{Ref-Clements6thDec09}}#Avibase
+#Wikipedia
+#BF Member observations
+{{ref}}
 ==External Links==
 {{GSearch|Myadestes+melanops}}
 [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Myadestes]]