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Brown-backed Solitaire
Myadestes occidentalis
25 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
Townsend's SolitaireMyadestes townsendi
Slate-colored SolitaireMyadestes unicolor
Yellow-eyed JuncoJunco phaeonotus
Gray Silky-flycatcherPtiliogonys cinereus
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| Mexico | 1,416 |
|---|---|
| Oaxaca | 159 |
| Jalisco | 132 |
| Nuevo Leon | 119 |
| Mexico | 117 |
| Chiapas | 111 |
| Michoacan de Ocampo | 111 |
| Guanajuato | 77 |
| Guatemala | 77 |
| United States | 75 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Traits
Dietary
- Fruit eaterListed by a harvested source as primarily eating fruit.BIRDBASE avian traits database
Group and habits
- Cup nestingListed by a harvested source as building cup nests.BIRDBASE avian traits database
- Ground nestingListed by a harvested source as nesting on the ground.BIRDBASE avian traits database
Classification
| Kingdom | Animals · Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Chordates · Chordata |
| Class | Birds · Aves |
| Order | Perching Birds · Passeriformes |
| Family | Thrushes · Turdidae |
| Genus | Typical Solitaires and Hawaiian Thrushes · Myadestes |
Study it in a deck
Or build your own from the species near you.
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- Traits: BIRDBASE avian traits database (CC BY 4.0)
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Brown-backed Solitaire with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.