Species profile
Spot-breasted Thornbird
Phacellodomus maculipectus
Quick answer
Andes of s Bolivia and nw Argentina (south to La Rioja)
- Scientific name
- Phacellodomus maculipectus
- Family
- Furnariidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Genus
- Phacellodomus
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
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Related species in Furnariidae
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- Apurimac Spinetail (Synallaxis courseni)
- Araguaia Spinetail (Synallaxis simoni)
- Araucaria Tit-Spinetail (Leptasthenura setaria)
- Ash-browed Spinetail (Cranioleuca curtata)
- Austral Canastero (Asthenes anthoides)