- Myadestes occidentalis
Identification
20·5–21·5 cm
- Brown with some grey markings.
Distribution
Central America: found in Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras.
Subspecies oberholseri
Photo by Stanley Jones
Chelemha Lodge, southeast of Coban, Alta Verapaz Department, Guatemala, April 2010
Photo by Stanley Jones
Chelemha Lodge, southeast of Coban, Alta Verapaz Department, Guatemala, April 2010
Taxonomy
Subspecies
There are 5 subspecies[1]:
- M. o. cinereus:
- Mountains of Mexico (south-eastern Sonora to Sinaloa, Chihuahua and Durango)
- M. o. occidentalis:
- Mountains of western Mexico (Nayarit to Guerrero, western Oaxaca and Morelos)
- M. o. insularis:
- Tres Marías Islands (off western Mexico)
- M. o. deignani:
- Mountains of southern Mexico (Oaxaca and southern Chiapas)
- M. o. oberholseri:
- Mountains of southern Mexico to Guatemala, El Salvador and central Honduras
One of these, deignani, is generally considered invalid as, too, is orientalis[2].
Habitat
Mountain forests near water.
Behaviour
Diet
Their diet consists mostly of fruit.
Vocalisation
Cumbres de Nuevo Leon, Sierra Madre Oriental, Mexico, May 2014
Recorded by sgossler
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2013. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.8., with updates to August 2013. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Avibase
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved June 2014)
- Wikipedia
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Brown-backed Solitaire. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 10 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Brown-backed_Solitaire
