Little Thornbird (Phacellodomus sibilatrix)

Other Names (World)
Little Thornbird, Doering's Thornbird

Family
Furnariidae (Ovenbirds)

Size
15 cm

First Described (Guide)
Sclater, 1879

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical dry forest, moist savanna. From sea-level - 2,000 m.

Range (Guide)

Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay (B).

Extreme southern Bolivia (south-western Santa Cruz), western Paraguay, northern Argentina (south to eastern La Rioja, northern San Luis, central C�rdoba and northern Buenos Aires) and south-western Uruguay.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (33)...)

Little Thornbird (Phacellodomus sibilatrix) [XC49927]
by Bernabe Lopez-Lanus from Estancia El Potrero, Gualeguaychu, Entre Rios, Argentina (call)

Little Thornbird (Phacellodomus sibilatrix) [XC364296]
by Bobby Wilcox from Parque Nacional Chaco, Chaco, Argentina (call, song, frogs)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Considered by some authors to form a superspecies with Rufous-fronted Thornbird (Phacellodomus rufifrons), but the two overlap considerably in distribution, and differ in body size and nest structure.

References
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