''Phacellodomus'' is the
genus
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of thornbirds, birds in the
family
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Furnariidae. They are found in woodland, shrubland and grassland, often near water, in
South America
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.
Taxonomy
The genus ''Phacellodomus'' was introduced in 1853 by the German naturalist
Ludwig Reichenbach
Heinrich Gottlieb Ludwig Reichenbach (8 January 1793 – 17 March 1879) was a German botanist and ornithologist. It was he who first requested Leopold Blaschka to make a set of glass marine invertebrate models for scientific education and museu ...
to accommodate the
rufous-fronted thornbird. The genus name combines the
Ancient Greek
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''phakellos'' meaning "bundle of twigs" and ''domos'' meaning "house".
Species
The genus contains ten species:
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Rufous-fronted thornbird, ''Phacellodomus rufifrons''
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Plain thornbird, ''Phacellodomus inornatus'' (split from ''P. rufifrons'')
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Streak-fronted thornbird, ''Phacellodomus striaticeps''
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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 ...
, ''Phacellodomus sibilatrix''
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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 destr ...
, ''Phacellodomus dorsalis''
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Spot-breasted thornbird, ''Phacellodomus maculipectus''
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Freckle-breasted thornbird, ''Phacellodomus striaticollis''
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Greater thornbird, ''Phacellodomus ruber''
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Orange-eyed thornbird, ''Phacellodomus erythrophthalmus''
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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 adjacen ...
, ''Phacellodomus ferrugineigula'' – formerly a subspecies of ''P. erythrophthalmus''.
[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.]
References
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Bird genera
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Taxa named by Ludwig Reichenbach
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