''Phacellodomus'' is the

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of thornbirds, birds in the

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Furnariidae. They are found in woodlands, shrublands, and grasslands, often near water, in

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Taxonomy

The genus ''Phacellodomus'' was described in 1853 by the German naturalist

Ludwig Reichenbach Heinrich Gottlieb Ludwig Reichenbach (8 January 1793 – 17 March 1879) was a German botanist, ornithologist and illustrator. It was he who first requested Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka, Leopold Blaschka to make a set of glass marine invertebrate m ...

to accommodate the

rufous-fronted thornbird The rufous-fronted thornbird, or common thornbird, (''Phacellodomus rufifrons'') is a species of bird in the family Furnariidae. It is found in Brazil, Bolivia, Argentina, Ecuador, Paraguay, and Peru. Taxonomy and systematics The rufous-front ...

. The genus name combines the

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''phakellos'' meaning "bundle of twigs" and ''domos'' meaning "house".

Species

The genus contains ten species: *

Rufous-fronted thornbird The rufous-fronted thornbird, or common thornbird, (''Phacellodomus rufifrons'') is a species of bird in the family Furnariidae. It is found in Brazil, Bolivia, Argentina, Ecuador, Paraguay, and Peru. Taxonomy and systematics The rufous-front ...

, ''Phacellodomus rufifrons'' * Plain thornbird, ''Phacellodomus inornatus'' (split from ''P. rufifrons'') * Streak-fronted thornbird, ''Phacellodomus striaticeps'' *

Little thornbird The little thornbird (''Phacellodomus sibilatrix'') is a species of bird in the Furnariinae subfamily of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay.Remsen, J. V., Jr., J. I. Areta, E. Bona ...

, ''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 erythrophthalmus'' * Orange-breasted thornbird, ''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 {{Furnariidae-stub