Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Passeriformes > Turdidae > Myadestes > Myadestes occidentalisMyadestes occidentalis (Brown-backed Solitaire)Language: Spanish The brown-backed solitaire (Myadestes occidentalis or "Western fly-eater") is considered a thrush and is placed in the family Turdidae. It is a medium-sized bird about 21 centimeters (8 inches) long. It is a mostly grayish bird with brown flight feathers (hence the "brown back" when it is perched), a white eye ring and white retrice (tail) feathers. |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 7.55562 EDGE Score: 2.14659 |
| Adult Weight [1] | 50 grams |  | | Breeding Habitat [2] | Mexican pine-oak forests, Tropical highland forests, Pine-oak forests | | Wintering Geography [2] | Non-migrartory | | Wintering Habitat [2] | Mexican pine-oak forests, Tropical highland forests | | | Diet [3] | Carnivore (Invertebrates), Frugivore | | Diet - Fruit [3] | 30 % | | Diet - Invertibrates [3] | 70 % | | Forages - Mid-High [3] | 80 % | | Forages - Understory [3] | 20 % | | | Clutch Size [4] | 2 | | Fledging [1] | 17 days | | Snout to Vent Length [1] | 8 inches (20 cm) |
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Countries |
Ecozone |
Biome |
Species |
Report |
Climate |
Land
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Bajío dry forests |
Mexico |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests |
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Central American montane forests |
Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Central American pine-oak forests |
Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Coniferous Forests |
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Chiapas montane forests |
Mexico |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Chimalapas montane forests |
Mexico |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Oaxacan montane forests |
Mexico |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Sierra Madre de Oaxaca pine-oak forests |
Mexico |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Coniferous Forests |
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Sierra Madre del Sur pine-oak forests |
Mexico |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Coniferous Forests |
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Sierra Madre Occidental pine-oak forests |
Mexico, United States |
Nearctic |
Tropical and Subtropical Coniferous Forests |
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Sierra Madre Oriental pine-oak forests |
Mexico, United States |
Nearctic |
Tropical and Subtropical Coniferous Forests |
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Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt pine-oak forests |
Mexico |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Coniferous Forests |
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Veracruz montane forests |
Mexico |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Location |
IBA Criteria |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
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Antigua Guatemala |
Guatemala |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Atitlan |
Guatemala |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Cerro El Amay |
Guatemala |
A1, A3 |
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Cerro Miramundo |
Guatemala |
A1, A3 |
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Cuchumatanes |
Guatemala |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Cuilco |
Guatemala |
A1, A2, A3 |
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El Imposible Forest |
El Salvador |
A3 |
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Montecristo Forest |
El Salvador |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Río Sapo/Perquín |
El Salvador |
A2, A3 |
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Sacranix |
Guatemala |
A1, A2, A3 |
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San Salvador Volcano |
El Salvador |
A2 |
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San Vicente Volcano |
El Salvador |
A2, A3 |
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Santiaguito Volcano |
Guatemala |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Sierra de las Minas-Motagua |
Guatemala |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Tacana-Tajumulco |
Guatemala |
A1, A2 |
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The Alotepeque Range |
El Salvador |
A1, A2, A3 |
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The Volcans and San Marcelino |
El Salvador |
A2, A3 |
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Yalijux |
Guatemala |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109 ♦ 2Partners in Flight Avian Conservation Assessment Database, version 2017. Accessed on January 2018. ♦ 3Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027 ♦ 4Jetz W, Sekercioglu CH, Böhning-Gaese K (2008) The Worldwide Variation in Avian Clutch Size across Species and Space PLoS Biol 6(12): e303. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060303 Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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