Brown-backed Solitaire

Myadestes occidentalis Stejneger, 1882

Brown-backed Solitaire, Myadestes occidentalis, is a thrush of Middle America, breeding from north-west Mexico to Honduras. It is tied to montane pine-oak woodland and also occurs in several other forest types in the subtropical zone. The species has a broken range, with the nominate form in western Mexico, another on the Tres Marías Islands, and a third in parts of north-eastern and southern Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador and south-western Honduras. It is mostly resident, though some birds shift to lower ground in winter in western Mexico and Sonora.

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Turdidae — Thrushes

Breeding range

Middle America: nw Mexico to Honduras