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Orange-breasted thornbird

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Orange-breasted thornbird
Orange-breasted thornbird at Reserva Guainumbi, São Luís do Paraitinga, São Paulo State, Brazil
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P. ferrugineigula
Binomial name
Phacellodomus ferrugineigula
(Pelzeln, 1858)
Synonyms[2]

P. erythrophthalmus ferrugineigula

The orange-breasted thornbird (Phacellodomus ferrugineigula), also known as the red-eyed thornbird, is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family. It is found in forest and woodland, especially near water, in south-eastern Brazil and adjacent northern Uruguay.

Adult

It was formerly considered a subspecies of P. erythropthalmus, but under the common name red-eyed thornbird.[2] When split, P. erythropthalmus is known as the orange-eyed thornbird. Unlike that species, the orange-breasted thornbird has dark reddish-brown eyes, extensive rufous to the underparts, a relatively large rufous crown-patch, and dark central rectrices (which contrast with the rufous outer rectrices). The two also have different voices and are locally sympatric in São Paulo without evidence of interbreeding.[3]

References

  1. ^ Template:IUCN
  2. ^ a b "Phacellodomus ferrugineigula". Avibase.
  3. ^ 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.