Phacellodomus
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| A Red-eyed Thornbird at Reserva Guainumbi, São Luis do Paraitinga, São Paulo, Brazil | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Furnariidae |
| Subfamily: | Furnariinae |
| Genus: | Phacellodomus L. Reichenbach, 1853 |
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9, see text |
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Phacellodomus is the genus of thornbirds, birds in the family Furnariidae. They are found in woodland, shrubland and grassland, often near water, in South America.
[edit] Species
It has been suggested that the Plain Softtail and Russet-mantled Softtail actually belong in this genus instead of Thripophaga
- Rufous-fronted Thornbird, Phacellodomus rufifrons.
- Little Thornbird, Phacellodomus sibilatrix.
- Streak-fronted Thornbird, Phacellodomus striaticeps.
- Greater Thornbird, Phacellodomus ruber.
- Freckle-breasted Thornbird, Phacellodomus striaticollis.
- Spot-breasted Thornbird, Phacellodomus maculipectus.
- Chestnut-backed Thornbird, Phacellodomus dorsalis.
- Orange-eyed Thornbird, Phacellodomus erythrophthalmus.
- Orange-breasted Thornbird, Phacellodomus ferrugineigula – formerly a subspecies of P. erythrophthalmus, but under the English name Red-eyed Thornbird.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ Simon, J. E., Pacheco, J. F., Whitney, B. M., Mattos, G. T., & Gagliardi, R. L. (2008). Phacellodomus ferrugineigula (Pelzeln, 1858) (Aves: Furnariidae) é uma espécie válida. Revista Brasileira de Ornitologia 16(2): 107-124.
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