The Solitaires are found in the Americas and Hawaii.
These small birds mostly feed on insects.
Species list:
- Townsend’s Solitaire, Myadestes townsendi
- Brown-backed Solitaire, Myadestes occidentalis
- Cuban Solitaire, Myadestes elisabeth
- Pines Solitaire, Myadestes elisabeth retrusus – probably extinct (late 1930s, or 1970s?)
- Rufous-throated Solitaire, Myadestes genibarbis
- Black-faced Solitaire, Myadestes melanops
- Varied Solitaire, Myadestes coloratus
- Slate-colored Solitaire, Myadestes unicolor
- Andean Solitaire, Myadestes ralloides
- Kāma’o, Myadestes myadestinus – extinct (1990s)
- Oloma’o, Myadestes lanaiensis – probably extinct (1980s?)’
- Ōma’o, Myadestes obscurus
- Puaiohi, Myadestes palmeri‘
- Āmaui, Myadestes woahensis – extinct (mid-19th century)
- Rufous-brown Solitaire, Cichlopsis leucogenys
- White-eared Solitaire, Entomodestes leucotis
- Black Solitaire, Entomodestes coracinus
