Black-faced Solitaire
Photo: Basar · CC BY-SA 3.0

Thrushes and Allies

Black-faced Solitaire

Myadestes melanops

LCLeast Concern
Family
Thrushes and Allies (Turdidae)
Order
Passeriformes

Overview

The black-faced solitaire (Myadestes melanops) is a bird in the thrush family endemic to highlands in Costa Rica and western Panama.
This is a bird of dense undergrowth and bamboo clumps in wet mountain forest, normally from 750 to 3,000 m (2,460 to 9,840 ft) altitude. It disperses as low as 400 m (1,300 ft) in the wet season, when it may form loose flocks. It builds a cup nest of mosses and liverworts in a tree crevice, hole in a mossy bank, or concealed amongst mosses and epiphytes in a tree fork up to 3.5 m (11 ft) above the ground.

Summary from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Range and habitat

Mountains of Costa Rica and western Panama (east to Veraguas).

Range description: AviList Global Avian Checklist.

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Sources and further reading

Last updated September 29, 2026.