Phacellodomus

Phacellodomus

A Red-eyed Thornbird at Reserva Guainumbi, São Luis do Paraitinga, São Paulo, Brazil
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Furnariidae
Subfamily:	Furnariinae
Genus:	Phacellodomus L. Reichenbach, 1853
Species
9, see text

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.

Species

It has been suggested that the Plain Softtail and Russet-mantled Softtail actually belong in this genus instead of Thripophaga

Rufous-fronted Thornbird, Phacellodomus rufifrons.
Little Thornbird, Phacellodomus sibilatrix.
Streak-fronted Thornbird, Phacellodomus striaticeps.
Greater Thornbird, Phacellodomus ruber.
Freckle-breasted Thornbird, Phacellodomus striaticollis.
Spot-breasted Thornbird, Phacellodomus maculipectus.
Chestnut-backed Thornbird, Phacellodomus dorsalis.
Orange-eyed Thornbird, Phacellodomus erythrophthalmus.
Orange-breasted Thornbird, Phacellodomus ferrugineigula – formerly a subspecies of P. erythrophthalmus, but under the English name Red-eyed Thornbird.^[1]

References

^ 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.