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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. Taxonomy The genus ''Phacellodomus'' was introduced in 1853 by the German naturalist Ludwig Reichenbach to accommodate the rufous-fronted thornbird. The genus name combines the Ancient Greek ''phakellos'' meaning "bundle of twigs" and ''domos'' meaning "house". Species The genus contains ten species: * Rufous-fronted thornbird, ''Phacellodomus rufifrons'' * Plain thornbird, ''Phacellodomus inornatus'' (split from ''P. rufifrons'') * Streak-fronted thornbird, ''Phacellodomus striaticeps'' * Little thornbird, ''Phacellodomus sibilatrix'' * Chestnut-backed thornbird, ''Phacellodomus dorsalis'' * Spot-breasted thornbird, ''Phacellodomus maculipectus'' * Freckle-breasted thornbird, ''Phacellodomus striaticollis'' * Greater thornbird, ''Phacellodomus ruber'' * Orange-eyed thornbird, ''Phacellodomus erythrophthal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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. Taxonomy The genus ''Phacellodomus'' was introduced in 1853 by the German naturalist Ludwig Reichenbach to accommodate the rufous-fronted thornbird. The genus name combines the Ancient Greek ''phakellos'' meaning "bundle of twigs" and ''domos'' meaning "house". Species The genus contains ten species: * Rufous-fronted thornbird, ''Phacellodomus rufifrons'' * Plain thornbird, ''Phacellodomus inornatus'' (split from ''P. rufifrons'') * Streak-fronted thornbird, ''Phacellodomus striaticeps'' * Little thornbird, ''Phacellodomus sibilatrix'' * Chestnut-backed thornbird, ''Phacellodomus dorsalis'' * Spot-breasted thornbird, ''Phacellodomus maculipectus'' * Freckle-breasted thornbird, ''Phacellodomus striaticollis'' * Greater thornbird, ''Phacellodomus ruber'' * Orange-eyed thornbird, ''Phacellodomus erythrophthal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freckle-breasted Thornbird
The freckle-breasted thornbird (''Phacellodomus striaticollis'') is a species of bird in the family Furnariidae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, and Uruguay. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, and subtropical or tropical moist shrubland. It was first described by Alcide d'Orbigny and Frédéric de Lafresnaye in 1838, from Uruguay. Description The adult freckle-breasted thornbird is about in length and the sexes are similar. The upper parts are brown, apart from the forehead, crown, wings and tail which are chestnut, the wing feathers being tipped with black. The lores and the underparts are whitish, the throat being buff, freckled with whiter spots, and the borders of the breast and the flanks being flushed with reddish-brown. The irises are pale yellow and the beak and the legs are horn-coloured. The song consists of a series of eight or ten notes, the first few being soft, moderately high-p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greater Thornbird
The greater thornbird (''Phacellodomus ruber'') is a species of bird in the family Furnariidae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, riparian thickets, and secondary growths. Description The greater thornbird grows to a length of about . The sexes are similar, the upper parts being brown, with a rather more rufous colour on the crown, wings and tail. The underparts are whitish, the neck sometimes being scaled with a darker colour. The iris is yellow and any superciliary streak is inconspicuous. This thornbird is the largest member of the genus; the freckle-breasted thornbird (''Phacellodomus striaticollis''), though smaller, can look very similar, but is usually a more even shade of brown above with less rufous colouring. The song is a series of loud "chip" notes that gradually become faster but quieter. Distribution and habitat The species is native to tropical and subtropical South A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orange-breasted Thornbird
The orange-breasted thornbird (''Phacellodomus ferrugineigula''), also known as the red-eyed thornbird, is a species of bird in the family Furnariidae. It is found in forest and woodland, especially near water, in southeastern Brazil and adjacent northern Uruguay. It was formerly considered a subspecies of '' P. erythropthalmus'', but under the common name red-eyed thornbird. When split, ''P. erythropthalmus'' is known as the orange-eyed thornbird. Unlike that species, the orange-breasted thornbird has dark reddish-brown eyes, extensive rufous to the underparts, a relatively large rufous crown-patch, and dark central rectrices (which contrast with the rufous outer rectrices). The two also have different voices and are locally sympatric in São Paulo without evidence of interbreeding In biology, a hybrid is the offspring resulting from combining the qualities of two organisms of different breeds, varieties, species or genera through sexual reproduction. Hybrids are not alway ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plain Thornbird
The plain thornbird (''Phacellodomus inornatus'') is a species of bird in the ovenbird family Furnariidae. Taxonomy The plain thornbird was formally described in 1887 by the American ornithologist Robert Ridgway based on a specimen collected in Caracas, Venezuela. He coined the binomial name ''Phacellodomus inornatus''. The specific epithet is Latin meaning "plain" or "unadorned". The plain thornbird is sometimes considered conspecific with the rufous-fronted thornbird (''Phacellodomus rufifrons''). Support for treating the plain thornbird as a separate species was provided by a 2020 study that compared mitochondrial DNA sequences. Two subspecies are recognised: * ''P. i. inornatus'' Ridgway, 1887 – north-central Venezuela * ''P. i. castilloi'' Phelps Jr & Aveledo, 1987 – northeast Colombia and west, central Venezuela Description The plain thornbird is in length. It is similar in appearance to the rufous-fronted thornbird but lacks the rufous forecrown. Distribution ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orange-eyed Thornbird
The orange-eyed thornbird (''Phacellodomus erythrophthalmus'') is a species of bird in the family Furnariidae. It is endemic to the Atlantic Forest in eastern Brazil. It formerly included '' P. ferrugineigula'' as a subspecies, but under the common name red-eyed thornbird. After the two were split, that English name was confusingly used for both species briefly, although it only really is fitting for ''P. ferrugineigula''. To avoid this confusion, ''P. ferrugineigula'' is now generally called the orange-breasted thornbird. Unlike that species, the orange-eyed thornbird has conspicuously bright orange eyes, far less rufous below and on the crown (essentially restricted to the throat and frontlet), and the entire tail rufous. The two also have different voices and are locally sympatric in São Paulo without evidence of interbreeding In biology, a hybrid is the offspring resulting from combining the qualities of two organisms of different breeds, varieties, species or genera thr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rufous-fronted Thornbird
The rufous-fronted thornbird (''Phacellodomus rufifrons'') is a species of bird in the family Furnariidae. Distribution and habitat It is found in Brazil, Bolivia, Argentina, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest, dry savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland, and heavily degraded former forest. Taxonomy The plain thornbird (''Phacellodomus inornatus'') was formerly considered conspecific Biological specificity is the tendency of a characteristic such as a behavior or a biochemical variation to occur in a particular species. Biochemist Linus Pauling stated that "Biological specificity is the set of characteristics of living organ .... References External links * rufous-fronted thornbird Birds of Brazil Birds of Bolivia Birds of Ecuador Birds of the Pantanal Birds of Paraguay Birds of Peru Birds of Venezuela rufous-fronted thornbird T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rufous-fronted Thornbird
The rufous-fronted thornbird (''Phacellodomus rufifrons'') is a species of bird in the family Furnariidae. Distribution and habitat It is found in Brazil, Bolivia, Argentina, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest, dry savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland, and heavily degraded former forest. Taxonomy The plain thornbird (''Phacellodomus inornatus'') was formerly considered conspecific Biological specificity is the tendency of a characteristic such as a behavior or a biochemical variation to occur in a particular species. Biochemist Linus Pauling stated that "Biological specificity is the set of characteristics of living organ .... References External links * rufous-fronted thornbird Birds of Brazil Birds of Bolivia Birds of Ecuador Birds of the Pantanal Birds of Paraguay Birds of Peru Birds of Venezuela rufous-fronted thornbird T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little Thornbird
The little thornbird (''Phacellodomus sibilatrix'') is a species of bird in the family Furnariidae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay, and Uruguay. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands is a terrestrial biome defined by the World Wide Fund for Nature. The biome is dominated by grass and/or shrubs located in semi-arid to semi-humid climate regions of subtropical and t .... References Further reading * little thornbird Birds of the Gran Chaco little thornbird little thornbird Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Furnariidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chestnut-backed Thornbird
The chestnut-backed thornbird (''Phacellodomus dorsalis'') is a species of bird in the family Furnariidae. It is endemic to Peru. Its natural habitat is Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation. It is threatened by habitat loss Habitat destruction (also termed habitat loss and habitat reduction) is the process by which a natural habitat becomes incapable of supporting its native species. The organisms that previously inhabited the site are displaced or dead, thereby .... References External linksBirdLife Species Factsheet. chestnut-backed thornbird Birds of the Puna grassland Endemic birds of Peru chestnut-backed thornbird chestnut-backed thornbird Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Furnariidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spot-breasted Thornbird
The spot-breasted thornbird (''Phacellodomus maculipectus'') is a species of bird in the family Furnariidae. It is found in the Southern Andean Yungas. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland Shrubland, scrubland, scrub, brush, or bush is a plant community characterized by vegetation dominated by shrubs, often also including grasses, herbs, and geophytes. Shrubland may either occur naturally or be the result of human activity. It m .... References spot-breasted thornbird Birds of the Southern Andean Yungas spot-breasted thornbird Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Furnariidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Streak-fronted Thornbird
The streak-fronted thornbird (''Phacellodomus striaticeps'') is a species of bird in the family Furnariidae. It is found in the eastern half of the Puna grassland. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland Shrubland, scrubland, scrub, brush, or bush is a plant community characterized by vegetation dominated by shrubs, often also including grasses, herbs, and geophytes. Shrubland may either occur naturally or be the result of human activity. It m .... References streak-fronted thornbird Birds of the Puna grassland streak-fronted thornbird Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Furnariidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
