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Cuban Solitaire

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Turdidae
Genus:	Myadestes
Species:	M. The conservation status of a Species is an indicator of the likelihood of that species remaining extant either in the present day or the near future Near Threatened ( NT) is a Conservation status assigned to species or lower taxa which may be considered threatened with extinction in the near future although The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (also known as the IUCN Red List or Red Data List) created in 1963 is the world's most comprehensive inventory of the global Chordates ( Phylum Chordata) are a group of Animals that includes the Vertebrates together with several closely related Invertebrates Birds ( class Aves) are bipedal endothermic ( Warm-blooded) Vertebrate animals that lay eggs. See also other birds with "thrush" in their name Waterthrush, Shrike-thrush, Thrush Nightingale The Thrushes, Myadestes is a genus of solitaires, medium-sized mostly Insectivorous Birds in the thrush family Turdidae. elisabeth

Binomial name

Myadestes elisabeth
(Lembeye, 1850)

The Cuban Solitaire (Myadestes elisabeth), also known as the Cuban nightingale, is a species of bird in the Turdidae family. Juan Lembeye (1816 - 1889 was a Spanish naturalist. Lembeye was the author of Aves de la Isla de Cuba (1850 the only book of bird illustrations Myadestes is a genus of solitaires, medium-sized mostly Insectivorous Birds in the thrush family Turdidae. Birds ( class Aves) are bipedal endothermic ( Warm-blooded) Vertebrate animals that lay eggs. See also other birds with "thrush" in their name Waterthrush, Shrike-thrush, Thrush Nightingale The Thrushes, It is endemic to Cuba. Endemism is the Ecological state of being unique to a place Endemic species are not naturally found elsewhere The Republic of Cuba (ˈkjuːbə or) consists of the island of Cuba (the largest and second-most populous island of the Greater Antilles) Isla de la Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes. A habitat (which is Latin for "it inhabits" is an Ecological or environmental area that is inhabited by a particular Species. Montane is a biogeographic term which refers to highland areas located below the Subalpine zone It is threatened by habitat loss. Habitat destruction is the process in which natural Habitat is rendered functionally unable to support the species originally present

Source

BirdLife International 2004. Myadestes elisabeth. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 26 July 2007.