Rufous-collared Robin - BirdForum Opus

adult
Photo by Peter R. Bono
Dos Lagunas, northeast of San Cristobal des las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico, July 2009

Alternative name: Rufous-collared Thrush.

Turdus rufitorques

Identification

All plumages: Undertail coverts with white streaks. Bill and legs are yellow.
Adult male: black on head, lower belly, tail, wings, back and mantle; rufous on breast and in a broad ring around the neck.
Adult female: black of male replaced with greyish-brown, the rufous likewise less bright.
Immature: can be quite dark with only a shadow of the collar.

adult
Photo by Peter R. Bono
Dos Lagunas, northeast of San Cristobal des las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico, July 2009

Distribution

El Salvador and Guatemala to Mexico south of Isthmus, and possibly Honduras.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species¹.

Habitat

Found in mid to high elevation in forest (pine or pine-oak), grassy areas and around human habitation.

Behaviour

Immature
Photo by screaming piha
Cerro Verde, El Salvador, January 2005

Sings from an exposed perch.

References

1. Howell & Webb, 1995. A guide to the birds of Mexico and northern Central America. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0198540124
2. Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
3. BirdForum id thread discussing id of some Central American thrushes

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Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Rufous-collared Robin. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 13 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Rufous-collared_Robin

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