Species of bird
The rufous-throated solitaire (Myadestes genibarbis ) is a species of bird placed in the family Turdidae .
Distribution and habitat
It is found Jamaica and Hispanoila , and in the Lesser Antilles on Dominica , Martinique , St. Lucia , and St. Vincent . Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests .[ 2]
Names
The bird is nicknamed the siffleur montagne (or mountain whistler ) in Dominica;[ 3] a local folk group of the early 1970s, the Siffleur Montagne Chorale, named themselves after it.[ 4] [ 5] [ 6] In the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico, the bird is called solitario gorjirrufo .
Taxonomy
The subspecies M. g. sibilans is sometimes considered a full species, as the Saint Vincent solitaire (Myadestes sibilans ).[ 7]
References
^ BirdLife International (2016). "Myadestes genibarbis " . IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 : e.T22708596A94167274. doi :10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22708596A94167274.en . Retrieved 16 November 2021 .
^ Collar, Nigel (2020-03-04), Billerman, Shawn M.; Keeney, Brooke K.; Rodewald, Paul G.; Schulenberg, Thomas S. (eds.), "Rufous-throated Solitaire (Myadestes genibarbis)" , Birds of the World , Cornell Lab of Ornithology, doi :10.2173/bow.rutsol1.01 , retrieved 2024-04-16
^ "Flora & Fauna of Dominica" . A Virtual Dominica . Delphis DM. Retrieved 21 August 2012 .
^ Dominica: Nature Island of the Caribbean . Hansib . 1989. p. 315. ISBN 1-87051-817-9 . Retrieved 21 August 2012 . The tunes are very melodious and this has prompted a local chorale (The Siffleur Montagne Chorale) to adopt its name.
^ Honychurch, Lennox ; Caudeiron, Mabel Cissie (1982). Our Island Culture . Dominica Cultural Council. p. 51. OCLC 28259054 . The Siffleur Montagne Chorale produced two longplaying records of folksongs in the early 1970s.
^ "Jean Lawrence- Mathurin, Dominica's folk music icon: her music lives on" . The Sun . 20 April 2020.
^ Lawrence, 1878.