Freckle-breasted Thornbird (Phacellodomus striaticollis)

Other Names (World)
Freckle-breasted Thornbird, Rufous-headed Thornbird, Spot-breasted Thornbird (maculipectus)

Family
Furnariidae (Ovenbirds)

Size
18 cm

First Described (Guide)
(D'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1838)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist shrubland. From sea-level - 800 m.

Range (Guide)

Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay (B).

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 (2012) and stable.

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (40)...)

Freckle-breasted Thornbird (Phacellodomus striaticollis) [XC457032]
by Rosendo Manuel Fraga from Reserva Otamendi, Campana, Buenos Aires, Argentina (call)

Freckle-breasted Thornbird (Phacellodomus striaticollis) [XC52167]
by Juan Pablo Culasso from Otamendi, Campana, Buenos Aires, Argentina (song)

Subspecies
Phacellodomus striaticollis (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) has been split into Freckle-breasted Thornbird (Phacellodomus striaticollis) and Spot-breasted Thornbird (Phacellodomus maculipectus) following SACC (2005).

Distinctive subspecies maculipectus often treated, with some justification, as a separate species, differing from nominate in plumage, iris colour, voice, habitat and nest shape. Isolated population in forest fragments in Catamarca and La Rioja (north-western Argentina), differing in having dark chestnut forehead concolorous with rest of crown, and darker, more olivaceous back, represents an undescribed subspecies.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

maculipectus (D'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1838) - Andes from central Bolivia (Cochabamba) south to north-western Argentina (south to La Rioja). Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Spot-breasted Thornbird (Phacellodomus maculipectus).
striaticollis (d'Orbigny and Lafresnaye, 1838) - North-eastern Argentina (eastern Formosa south to eastern C�rdoba and northern Buenos Aires), south-eastern Brazil (southern from eastern Paran�) and Uruguay.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Freckle-breasted Thornbird (Phacellodomus striaticollis) - 10 files

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