Phacellodomus

Phacellodomus is the genus of thornbirds, birds in the family Furnariidae. They are found in woodland, shrubland and grassland, often near water, in South America.

Phacellodomus
Orange-breasted thornbird (Phacellodomus ferrugineigula)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Furnariidae
Genus: Phacellodomus
L. Reichenbach, 1853
Species

9, see text

Species

It has been suggested that the plain softtail and russet-mantled softtail actually belong in this genus instead of Thripophaga

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References

  1. 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.


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