Rufous-backed Thrush (Turdus rufopalliatus) [XC448353]
by Isain Contreras Rodr\u00edguez from Minas Nuevas, \u00c1lamos, Sonora, Mexico (call)
Rufous-backed Thrush (Turdus rufopalliatus) [XC448282]
by Richard E. Webster from Ca\u00f1\u00f3n Cieneguilla, Alamos, Sonora, MX, Mexico (call, song)
Subspecies
Rufous-backed Thrush (Turdus rufopalliatus) and Grayson's Thrush (Turdus graysoni) (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) have been lumped into Turdus rufopalliatus following AOU (1998).
Subspecies graysoni has been treated as a separate species, but appears to represent a typical case of colour loss in an insular form of a continental species; in absence of vocal data, separation considered unwarranted.
graysoni (Ridgway, 1882) - Tres Marías Is (off western Mexico). Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Grayson's Thrush (Turdus graysoni).