Orange-breasted Thornbird (Phacellodomus ferrugineigula)

Other Names (World)
Orange-breasted Thornbird, Orange-eyed Thornbird

Family
Furnariidae (Ovenbirds)

Size
17 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Pelzeln, 1858)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist lowland forest and moist shrubland, inland wetlands. From sea-level - 900 m.

Range (Guide)

Brazil.

Southern Minas Gerais and southern Rio de Janeiro to southern Rio Grande do Sul, in south-eastern Brazil.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (52)...)

Orange-breasted Thornbird (Phacellodomus ferrugineigula) [XC277551]
by Jeremy Minns from Aruj\u00e1, S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil (call)

Orange-breasted Thornbird (Phacellodomus ferrugineigula) [XC706023]
by Nick Athanas from Caconde, S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil (song)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Phacellodomus erythrophthalmus (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) has been split into Orange-eyed Thornbird (Phacellodomus erythrophthalmus) and Orange-breasted Thornbird (Phacellodomus ferrugineigula) following Stotz et al. (1996) and SACC (2009).

Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Orange-eyed Thornbird (Phacellodomus erythrophthalmus).

References
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