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Townsend's solitaire
Myadestes townsendi

Townsend's solitaire
Townsend's solitaire
Townsend's solitaire

Size: 9 inches
Overall Color: gray
Occurrence: coniferous forests, open woods
Diet: berries, insects, spiders, worms
Nest: cup stick nest on ground
Field Identification: mostly gray with white eye ring, long tail, short bill, buffy patches on wings, white outer tail feathers
Season: year-round


Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
Phylum: Chordata (hollow nerve cord)
Subphylum: Vertebrata (backbone)
Class: Aves (Birds)
Order: passeriformes
Family: 69 Turdidae (thrushes, bluebirds, solitaires,veery)
Genus: Myadestes
Species: townsendi

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