Breeding Location:
Bushes, shrubs, and thickets, Forest
Breeding Type:
Monogamous, Solitary nester
Breeding Population:
Casual to rare
Egg Color:
White with large splotches of red brown
Number of Eggs:
2 - 4
Incubation Days:
12 - 14
Egg Incubator:
Female
Nest Material:
Lined with finer materials., Mud, rootlets, moss, grasses.
Migration:
Nonmigratory
Recommended Products:
General
Rufous-backed Robin: Large thrush with rufous back and gray head and rump, Throat is white with black streaks, and breast and sides are rufous-orange. Undertail coverts and belly are white. Bill is yellow with a black tip. Wings are rufous with gray primaries. Tail is gray. Female is duller. Juvenile has paler underparts spotted with dark brown, and brown rump and tail.
Range and 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.
Breeding and 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.
Foraging and 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.
Readily Eats
Raisins, Currants, Nut Meal
Vocalization
Rufous-backed Robin: Song is a weak, gurgling "cheerup-chere-chere-cheerup." Call is "chuk, chuk."
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.
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