Brown-backed Solitaire

It is relatively common in the mountains of Mexico and northern Central America. It tends to be found in semi-deciduous mountain forests, including mixed pine-oak forests. It is often found near streams.

The Brown-backed Solitaire is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

The Brown-backed Solitaire in Ramsey Canyon was still being seen late Saturday afternoon. Apparently two Aztec Thrushes were also seen this weekend in Ramsey Canyon. Favored locales for this west Mexican endemic during other recent late summer incursions have included Carr and Madera Canyons. More

MEGA: Brown-backed Solitaire in Arizona = By Rick Wright Dave Jasper and the Camp Chiricahua birders discovered a Brown-backed Solitaire an hour and a half ago in Miller Canyon in the southern Huachuca Mountains. The bird is said to have been photographed and recorded–not that anyone would question the identification in any event. More

photos of the Brown-backed Solitaire he and his Camp Chiricahua companions discovered Thursday. The image is at http://az-birding.com . The bird was not seen Friday, but was refound this noon in Ramsey Canyon, just a short distance north in the Huachucas. Debate has already started to rage–well, debate has already started to sulk–about the origin of this individual, one of several seen over the years in Texas and Arizona. More

Brown-backed Solitaire Attempt #1: Miller Canyon It was pretty exciting news when the birding community heard that the Camp Chiricahua group of teenagers, led by David Jasper, had discovered a Brown-backed Solitaire in Miller Canyon, south of Sierra Vista, Arizona. This is a Mexican species that had been seen only once before in the United States. I went up the very next day, Friday July 17, with several friends. More

Brown-backed Solitaire Attempt #2: Ramsey Canyon On Wednesday, July 22, I made a second attempt to find the Brown-backed Solitaire that was sighted for the first time last week in Miller Canyon, in the Huachuca Mountains south of Sierra Vista. The bird was relocated a couple days later 3 miles to the northwest in Ramsey Canyon, and it seemed to be reliable around mid-day, coming to Wilcox's Barberry. I rode down with my friends Peter Salomon, John Mueller, and Dylan Radin. More

A potential first ABA-area record, a Brown-backed Solitaire, was photographed and recorded in Miller Canyon in the Huachuca Mountains of Southeast Arizona on 16 June by Dave Jasper and the young birders from Camp Chiricahua. Brown-backed Solitaire (Myadestes occidentalis) is a very popular cage bird in Mexico because it is an amazing songster. More

The Brown-backed Solitaire (Myadestes occidentalis) is a thrush, a member of the family Turdidae. As a member of the genus Myadestes, the Brown-backed Solitaire is closely related to other thrushes sharing the common name of "solitaire." It is medium-sized, about 21 centimeters (8 inches) long. Its body is mostly brown with some grayish markings. More

MEGA: Brown-backed Solitaire in Arizona - July 16th, 2009 · Rick Wright · Recent Sightings and Highlights · No Comments Dave Jasper and his Camp Chiricahua birders found a Brown-backed Solitaire in the Huachuca Mountains this noon. The bird was photographed and recorded, experiences it is likely to relive again and again if it lingers. More

A Brown-backed Solitaire was discovered in Miller Canyon on 16 July 2009 by the Camp Chiricahua Group. Benjamin Van Doren, a member of Camp Chiricahua Group, provided this account: "The bird originally made its presence known by singing perhaps a couple hundred feet off the trail, up the wall of the canyon. Luckily, I had Arizonan and Sonoran bird songs with me, and we figured out that the song was that of a Brown-backed Solitaire. Naturally, we were ecstatic. More

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Brown-backed Solitaire (Feeding on Wilcox Barberry) Location: Ramsey Canyon, AZ GPS: 31.5W, -110.3N MAP Date: July 30, 2009 ID: 7C2V0347 Brown-backed Solitaire (Feeding on Wilcox Barberry) Location: Ramsey Canyon, AZ GPS: 31.5W, -110.3N MAP Date: July 30, 2009 ID: 7C2V0345 bird photography Brown-backed Solitaire (Feeding on Wilcox Barberry) Location: Ramsey Canyon, AZ GPS: 31.5W, -110. More

Brown-backed Solitaire Myadestes occidentalis in Arizona. = by Gunnar Engblom on July 18, 2009 Social Media for birders - start January 10 Hi and thanks for the visit. If you're new here you may want to subscribe to my feed. Share Brown-backed Solitaire - contestant to "1000 birds to see before you die"? - Brown-backed Solitarie. Photo copyright (reproduced w permission): Antonio Hidalgo. More

Brown-backed Solitaire Myadestes occidentalis = El Cielo Biosphere Reserve, Tamaulipas, Mexico - Apr, 2006 More

Brown-backed Solitaire Myadestes occidentalis = Described by: Stejneger (1882) Alternate common name(s): None known by website authors Old scientific name(s): Myadestes obscurus Photographs Huitepec Ecological Reserve, Chiapas, Mexico - Apr, 2003 More

brown-backed solitaire, a thrush common in Mexico, but one that has never been documented north of the border. Just how Jasper and friends verified their finding could only have happened in this "connected" day and age. Host Scott Simon talks to Jasper about the discovery. Copyright © 2009 National Public Radio®. For personal, noncommercial use only. See Terms of Use. For other uses, prior permission required. More

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