Juvenile © Frank Salmon
Adult © Luke Seitz
Adult © Ian Burgess
© Maryse Neukomm

Black-faced Solitaire Myadestes melanops

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Identification

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Sleek medium-sized thrush with a beautiful voice. Listen for its fluty, ethereal phrases drifting over montane forests. Sexes alike: entirely gray with black face, black wings, and orangey bill and legs. Juveniles confusingly browner and spotted, but note similar shape, small bill, and dark face. Unobtrusive and not very active; most often seen while feeding at a fruiting tree.

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