Thrushes (Turdidae)
Rufous-backed Robin (Turdus rufopalliatus) - HBW 10, p. 663
French: Merle à dos roux
German: Rotmanteldrossel
Spanish: Zorzal Dorsirrufo
Other common names: Rufous-backed Robin; Grayson’s Thrush (graysoni)
Taxonomy: Turdus rufo-palliatus Lafresnaye, 1840, Monterey, California; error = Acapulco, Mexico.
Race graysoni has been treated as a separate species, but appears to represent a typical case of colour loss in an insular form of a continental species; in absence of vocal data, separation considered unwarranted. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- rufopalliatus Lafresnaye, 1840 - W Mexico.
- interior A. R. Phillips, 1991 - SC Mexico.
- graysoni (Ridgway, 1882) - Tres Marías Is (off W Mexico).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A female looking around on a stone Locality San Blas, Nayarit State, Mexico (Northern) (ssp rufopalliatus)
Eldert Groenewoud 27 February 2007 4 years ago 8 sec 3.6 -
A female foraging Locality San Blas, Nayarit State, Mexico (Northern) (ssp rufopalliatus)
Eldert Groenewoud 27 February 2007 4 years ago 10 sec 3.5 -
Brief view of a bird in a tree and flying away. Locality Yagul Archaeological Ruins, Oaxaca State, Mexico (Southern) (ssp rufopalliatus)
Josep del Hoyo 19 April 2009 2 years ago 7 sec 1.7
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hopping around in my lawn
Locality Lomas Altas, Mexico DF State, Mexico (Northern)
Hector Ceballos-Lascurain 9 June 2011 12 weeks ago 3.2 -
Bird foraging on the ground
Locality Oaxaca, Oaxaca State, Mexico (Southern)
rchavezdm 11 August 2011 39 weeks ago 3 -
A bird foraging on a ground
Locality Mexico DF State, Mexico (Northern)
Tadeusz Stawarczyk 15 May 2004 2 years ago 2.5 -
feeding on ground
Locality La Bajada, San Blas, Nayarit State, Mexico (Northern)
Michael Retter 1 January 2009 2 years ago 1.7 -
Framed by branches.
Locality Huatulco, Oaxaca State, Mexico (Southern)
Ken Simonite 5 February 2010 1 year ago 1.2
- No sound recordings available yet
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