Ornithological Survey

Common Name: Townsend's Solitaire

Scientific Name (Genus-species): Myadestes townsendi

Length (bill-tail): 8 1/2"

Identifying Chacteristics (juvenile): white round eye ring, patchy head and body pattern, distinct wing feather band

Habitat: forested high mountain slopes

Seasonal - 1st and only seen: August, 2007; migratory to higher elevations

Townsend's Solitaire juvenile (rare):

 

 

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