The name of Townsend's Solitaire commemorates the ornithologist John Kirk Townsend. A small thrush, grey overall and slightly darker above, the Townsend's Solitaire (Myadestes townsendi) is also known as Townsend's Flycatcher, Townsend's Thrush or Townsend's Ptilogony. The eye-ring is thin and white, the wings have pale rust-brown patches and black flight feathers, and the outer tail feathers are white. The Townsend's Solitaire is the only solitaire native to America north of Mexico.
