Brown-backed Solitaire (Myadestes occidentalis)
About the Brown-backed Solitaire
The brown-backed solitaire (Myadestes occidentalis) is a thrush found in montane pine-oak woodlands from Mexico to Honduras. The brown-backed solitaire was originally described as Myadestes obscurus. In 1882, Stejneger split it as the mainland Myadestes obscurus var occidentalis and Myadestes obscurus var. insularis, endemic to the Tres Marías Islands. However, the binomial Myadestes obscurus was later found to have been assigned to another species. By the principle of priority, Stejneger's two taxa were then named M. occidentalis occidentalis and M. occidentalis insularis. In addition to the subspecies M. o. occidentalis and M. o. insularis (both Stejneger, 1882), the brown-backed solitaire has a third subspecies, M. o. oberhoseri (Dickey & van Rossem, 1925), which is found further south than the other two.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 270 recordings for this species: 24 CC BY-NC-SA · 16 CC BY-NC-ND. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
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Listed as recorded in Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, United States in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Andean SolitaireMyadestes ralloidesrecording
- Black-faced SolitaireMyadestes melanopsrecording
- Rufous-throated SolitaireMyadestes genibarbisrecording
- Townsend's SolitaireMyadestes townsendirecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.