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Rufous-backed Robin

Turdus rufopalliatusOrder: PASSERIFORMESFamily: Thrushes (Turdidae)
Rufous-backed Robin Breeding Male Head Illustration

Head

  • Bill Shape: All-purpose
  • Eye Color: Deep orange to orange-brown.
  • Head Pattern: Plain, Streaked, Special (unique patterns or features)
  • Crown Color: Gray with dark streaking.
  • Forehead Color: Gray with dark streaking.
  • Nape Color: Gray with dark streaking.
  • Throat Color: White with black streaking.
  • Cere color: No Data
Rufous-backed Robin Breeding Male Body Illustration

Body

  • Length Range: 23-25 cm (9-10 in)
  • Weight: 77 g (2.7 oz)
  • Size: Size 3. Medium (9 - 16 in)
  • Color: White, Gray, Rufous or Rust
  • Underparts: White with red-brown flanks and breast.
  • Upperparts: Red-brown back with gray rump.
  • Back Pattern: Solid
  • Belly Pattern: Solid
  • Breast Pattern: Solid
Rufous-backed Robin Breeding Male Flight Illustration

Flight

  • Flight Pattern: Swift direct flight with rapid wing beats.
  • Wingspan Range: 37-42 cm (14.75-16.5 in)
  • Wing Shape: Pointed-Wings
  • Tail Shape: Pointed Tail
  • Tail Pattern: Solid
  • Upper Tail: Gray
  • Under Tail: White
  • Leg Color: Orange-brown
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Family Thrush (Turdidae)_blue
Species Turdus rufopalliatus
Length9 - 10 Inches
Wingspan15.6 Inches

Rufous-backed Robin

Rufous-backed Robin: Large thrush, rufous back, gray head, rump, white throat with black streaks, breast and sides are rufous-orange. Undertail coverts, belly are white. Yellow bill has black tip. Wings are rufous with gray primaries. Gray tail. Swift, direct flight with rapid wing beats.

● Song: "cheerup-chere-chere-cheerup", "chuk, chuk"

● Foraging & Feeding: Rufous-backed Robin: Eats mainly fruits, but also takes insects and worms. Forages in treetops or on the ground, where it hops and runs.

● Breeding & nesting: Rufous-backed Robin: Two to four white eggs with large red brown splotches are laid in a nest made of mud, rootlets, moss, and grass, lined with finer materials, and built in a tree or shrub. Incubation ranges from 12 to 14 days and is carried out by the female.

● Similar species: Rufous-backed Robin: American Robin has gray-brown back, rump, and wing coverts, broken white eye-ring, black or brown head, gray-brown tail with white tail corners, rufous-red underparts, and white throat with black stripes.

Flight Pattern

Swift direct flight with rapid wing beats.
Rufous-backed Robin Breeding Male Body Illustration
● Range & Habitat: Rufous-backed Robin: Native of Mexico; casual but regular visitor to the southwest U.S., most often reported from southeast Arizona, but also in southern California and southwest Texas.
BreedingMonogamous, Solitary nester
PopulationCasual to rare
MigrationNonmigratory
Weight2.7 Ounces