Myadestes genibarbis
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In 3 days ~90% in a week >90%
The rufous-throated solitaire (Myadestes genibarbis) is a species of bird in the family Turdidae, the thrushes. It is found Jamaica, Hispaniola, and in the Lesser Antilles islands of Dominica, Martinique, St. Lucia, and St. Vincent.
The rufous-throated solitaire was originally described in 1838 as Myidestes [sic] genibarbis with the English name "whiskered fantail". Subspecies M. g. sibilans was originally described as a species and is sometimes called the "St. Vincent solitaire". The American Ornithological Society and the Clements taxonomy distinguish it as a monotypic group within the species. This subspecies differs the most in appearance of the six, though M. g. solitarius is genetically most different.
The bird is nicknamed the siffleur montagne (or mountain whistler) in Dominica; a local folk group of the early 1970s, the Siffleur Montagne Chorale, named themselves after it. In the Dominican... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park | 🇯🇲 Jamaica |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Likely
About 50% of wildlife watchers report a Rufous-throated Solitaire sighting in Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park on a given day, based on 592 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 25th most-seen of the 91 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 90%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February–April, July and December
In those months about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Rufous-throated Solitaire in Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park on a given day, against about 30% in August to October, the lowest months. June has too few records to rate.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Rufous-throated Solitaire sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park, in our data
Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Rufous-throated Solitaire sightings: about 50% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Turdidae
The closest relatives of the Rufous-throated Solitaire that you can see in Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park (family Turdidae, Thrushes) are White-chinned Thrush (about 90%) and White-eyed Thrush (about 60%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Rufous-throated Solitaire is recorded against all the birds logged in Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park (592 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
