Cuban Solitaire

Myadestes elisabeth

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernEndemicInvertebratesForestCavity nestSmall · 30 g

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The Cuban solitaire is 19 to 20.5 cm (7.5 to 8.1 in) long and weighs 21.5 to 33 g (0.76 to 1.2 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have dull whitish lores, a thin whitish eye-ring, and a dark brown malar line dividing a dull whitish lower face. The rest of their head and their upperparts are olive brown. Their wings are mostly olive brown with warmer brown on the primaries' edges, the secondaries' bases, and the tertials. Their chin, throat, and underparts are dull whitish that is slightly grayer on the breast. Voice: The Cuban solitaires song is "high-pitched and flute-like...melodious and varied" and likened to the sound of rubbing a wet finger on glass. Its call is "short and whistle-like".

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When to see the Cuban Solitaire

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 7 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is February, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Cuban Solitaire

Regular range

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About the Cuban Solitaire

The Cuban solitaire, also known as the Cuban nightingale, is a species of bird in the family Turdidae, the thrushes. It is endemic to Cuba.

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