Birds of the World

    PASSERIFORMES: Furnariidae (Ovenbirds)  
Genus: Phacellodomus (10 species)

Genus Phacellodomus, Thornbirds, are small brown birds similar to spinetails that are found in open country outside of the forest. Thornbirds generally build large nests out of sticks, and sometimes nest in groups. Male and female are usually similar.


Chestnut-backed Thornbird
Chestnut-backed Thornbird (Phacellodomus dorsalis) Near Threatened
Range: SA: n Peru
Marañon, Peru  
   
Photograph by Bruno Conjeaud   © All Rights Reserved.


Orange-eyed Thornbird
Orange-eyed Thornbird (Phacellodomus erythrophthalmus)
Range: SA: e Brazil
Serra dos Órgãos, Brazil  
   
Photograph by João Sérgio Barros F. de Souza   © All Rights Reserved.


Orange-breasted Thornbird
Orange-breasted Thornbird (Phacellodomus ferrugineigula)
Range: SA: se Brazil, n Uruguay and ne Argentina
Intervales State Park, São Paulo state, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas)   © All Rights Reserved.


Plain Thornbird
Plain Thornbird (Phacellodomus inornatus castilloi)
Range: SA: n Colombia and n Venezuela
Hato Aurora, Casanare, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Recently split from Brazilian population.
Perched.

Spot-breasted Thornbird
Spot-breasted Thornbird (Phacellodomus maculipectus)
Range: SA: c Bolivia to nw Argentina
Animas, Salta, Argentina  
   
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas)   © All Rights Reserved.


Greater Thornbird
Greater Thornbird (Phacellodomus ruber)
Range: SA: w Bolivia to c Brazil, Paraguay and n Argentina
Ibera Wetlands, Carlos Pellegrini, Argentina  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Rufous-fronted Thornbird
Rufous-fronted Thornbird (Phacellodomus rufifrons rufifrons)
Range: SA: widespread
Brazil  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Nest

Little Thornbird
Little Thornbird (Phacellodomus sibilatrix)
Range: SA: s Bolivia and n Paraguay to cw Uruguay and c, e Argentina
 
   
Photograph by Marco Cruz   © All Rights Reserved.

Little Thornbird
Little Thornbird (Phacellodomus sibilatrix)
Range: SA: s Bolivia and n Paraguay to cw Uruguay and c, e Argentina
Chaco, Bolivia  
   
Photograph by Bradley Hacker   © All Rights Reserved.


Streak-fronted Thornbird
Streak-fronted Thornbird (Phacellodomus striaticeps striaticeps)
Range: SA: s Peru to n Argentina
Saipina, Bolivia  
   
Photograph by Bradley Hacker   © All Rights Reserved.

More common in Argentina than Peru (Athanas). Forehead (front) streaked.

Freckle-breasted Thornbird
Freckle-breasted Thornbird (Phacellodomus striaticollis)
Range: SA: ne Argentina, Uruguay and s Brazil
Buenos Aires Province, Argentina  
   
Photograph by Gustavo Masuzzo   © All Rights Reserved.



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