Myadestes coloratus
Silhouette: Francesco "Architetto" Rollandin · PhyloPic
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
The varied solitaire (Myadestes coloratus) is a Near Threatened species of bird in the family Turdidae, the thrushes. It is found in Colombia and Panama. The varied solitaire was originally described in 1912 with its current binomial Myadestes coloratus and English name. During the middle of the twentieth century several authors treated what are now the varied solitaire, the black-faced solitaire (M. malanops), and Andean solitaire (M. ralloides) as conspecific. They are not well differentiated and form a superspecies.
The varied solitaire is monotypic. The varied solitaire is 16 to 18 cm (6.3 to 7.1 in) long and weighs 24 to 34 g (0.85 to 1.2 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a smudgy blackish forehead, face, and chin on an otherwise pale slate-gray head and neck. Their back, rump, and uppertail coverts are warm brown. Their wings have warm brown upperwing coverts and blackish primary coverts and flight feathers. Their tail is blackish with paler outer feathers and pale gray feather tips. Their underparts are pale slate-gray. They have a yellow bill and yellow legs and feet. Juveniles have olive-brown upperparts with... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Darién National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama |
More parks will be added in future updates.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Varied Solitaire sighting in Darién National Park on a given day, based on 86 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 121st most-seen of the 397 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March and May
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Varied Solitaire in Darién National Park on a given day, against under 5% in April and October–November, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Varied 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 Darién National Park, in our data
Darién National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Varied Solitaire sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Varied Solitaire is recorded against all the birds logged in Darién National Park (86 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.
