Chestnut-backed Thornbird (Phacellodomus dorsalis)

Order: Passeriformes | Family: Furnariidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern

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Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Hacienda Limon, Cajamarca

chestnut-backed_thornbird
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Hacienda Limon, Cajamarca

chestnut-backed_thornbird
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Hacienda Limon, Cajamarca

chestnut-backed_thornbird
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Hacienda Limon, Cajamarca

Identification & Behavior: ~19.5 cm (7.6 in). The Chestnut-backed Thornbird has rufous upperparts and tail. The crown and back of the nape are gray-brown. The iris is bluish gray. The throat is white and grades to a breast speckled with brown. The flanks are rufous. It forages in scrub and sparse dry woodlands in pairs. Large stick nests are often found in the Chestnut-backed Thornbird’s habitat. It is superficially similar to the Rufous-fronted Thornbird but their geographic ranges are not known to overlap.

Status: Endemic. The Chestnut-backed Thornbird is uncommon in scrub and sparse woodlands in part of the Marañon drainage at elevations ranging between 2000-3100 m.

Name in Spanish: Espinero de Dorso Castaño.

Sub-species: Chestnut-backed Thornbird (Phacellodomus dorsalis), Salvin, 1895.

Meaning of Name: Phacellodomus. Gr phakellos= bundle of twigs, domos= house. dorsalis: L. dorsum= back, dorsal= of the back.

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Distribution Mapchestnut-backed thornbird

Voice

References:

    • Species range based on: Schulenberg, T. S., D. F. Stotz, and L. Rico. 2006. Distribution maps of the birds of Peru, version 1.0. Environment, Culture & Conservation (ECCo). The Field Museum.  http://fm2.fieldmuseum.org/uw_test/birdsofperu on 03/01/2017.