Rufous-fronted Thornbird

The Rufous-fronted Thornbird is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

The Rufous-fronted Thornbird (Phacellodomus rufifrons) is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, dry savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland, and heavily degraded former forest. References - * BirdLife International 2004. Phacellodomus rufifrons. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. More

Alternate common name(s): Rufous-fronted Thornbird, Plain Thornbird, Plain-fronted Thornbird, Plain Thornbird, Northern Thornbird, Peruvian Thornbird, Red-fronted Thornbird Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors Photographs Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil - Sep, 2000 More

The Rufous-fronted Thornbird occupies arid scrub in four disjunct regions of South America. The northern population occurs in northeastern Colombia and in Venezuela; the western population resides in southern Ecuador and northern Peru; the eastern population occurs in eastern Brazil; and the southern population occupies eastern Bolivia and southern Brazil. Rufous-fronted Thornbills are a rather nondescript furnariid, with a dull buffy supercilium, brown upperparts and brownish white underparts. More

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