Species profile
Greater Thornbird
Phacellodomus ruber
Quick answer
N Brazil to n Bolivia, Paraguay and n Argentina
- Scientific name
- Phacellodomus ruber
- Family
- Furnariidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Genus
- Phacellodomus
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
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