Species profile
Chestnut-backed Thornbird
Phacellodomus dorsalis
Quick answer
N Peru (upper Marañón Valley)
- Scientific name
- Phacellodomus dorsalis
- Family
- Furnariidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Genus
- Phacellodomus
- Conservation status
- Near Threatened
Recording Chestnut-backed Thornbird in your journal
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