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) [XC306312]
by Jeremy Minns from Jarinu, S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil (call)

Orange-breasted Thornbird (Phacellodomus ferrugineigula) [XC347505]
by JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA from Angra dos Reis, Angra dos Reis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (call)

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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