Thrushes (Turdidae)
Brown-backed Solitaire (Myadestes occidentalis) - HBW 10, p. 629
French: Solitaire à dos brun
German: Braunrückenklarino
Spanish: Solitario Dorsipardo
Taxonomy: Myadestes obscurus var. occidentalis Stejneger, 1882, Tonila, Jalisco, Mexico.
Scientific name formerly M. obscurus, but that became preoccupied when Phaeornis merged with present genus. Proposed race cinereus (from NW Mexico) synonymized with nominate. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- occidentalis Stejneger, 1882 - W & EC Mexico.
- insularis Stejneger, 1882 - Tres Marias Is, off W Mexico.
- oberholseri Dickey & van Rossem, 1925 - C & S Mexico S to Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Two adults arriving to the nest to feed chicks, then one flying away and the other brooding. Locality El Triunfo Camp, El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve, Chiapas State, Mexico (Southern) (ssp oberholseri)
Josep del Hoyo 29 March 2009 2 years ago 51 sec 5 -
An adult arriving to the nest and feeding a chick. Locality El Triunfo Camp, El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve, Chiapas State, Mexico (Southern) (ssp oberholseri)
Josep del Hoyo 29 March 2009 2 years ago 50 sec 4.8 -
An adult arriving to the nest at the side of a trail, feeding the chicks and brooding them. Locality El Triunfo Camp, El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve, Chiapas State, Mexico (Southern) (ssp oberholseri)
Josep del Hoyo 29 March 2009 2 years ago 43 sec 4.7 -
Singing adult. Locality Chelemhá Cloud Forest Reserve, Alta Verapaz Department, Guatemala (ssp oberholseri)
Knut Eisermann 21 April 2008 3 years ago 20 sec 4.3 -
An adult fly-catching and eating a prey. Locality La Cumbre, Oaxaca State, Mexico (Southern) (ssp oberholseri)
Josep del Hoyo 17 April 2009 2 years ago 25 sec 3 -
A bird perched, singing twice. Locality El Triunfo Camp, El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve, Chiapas State, Mexico (Southern) (ssp oberholseri)
Josep del Hoyo 29 March 2009 2 years ago 35 sec 3
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An adult on the ground.
Locality La Cumbre, Oaxaca State, Mexico (Southern) (ssp oberholseri)
Josep del Hoyo 17 April 2009 2 years ago 3.3 -
Single chick in a nest ca 1.5 high in an eroded slope
Locality Lagunas de Montebello National Park, Chiapas State, Mexico (Southern)
Tomas Grim 25 June 2004 25 weeks ago 3.3 -
A bird on a branch.
Locality Coatepec, Veracruz State, Mexico (Southern)
albert 6 December 2008 3 years ago 1.3
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Three bouts of a bird singing.
Locality El Triunfo Camp, El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve, Chiapas State, Mexico (Southern)
(ssp oberholseri)
Josep del Hoyo 29 March 2009 2 years ago 3
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