Orange-breasted Thornbird

Phacellodomus ferrugineigula

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesForestDomed nestSmall · 25 g

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The orange-breasted thornbird is about 17 to 18 cm (6.7 to 7.1 in) long and weighs about 24 to 25 g (0.85 to 0.88 oz). It is a medium-sized thornbird. The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have an indistinct rufous-brown supercilium, darker brown lores, and a darker brown stripe behind the eye on an otherwise rufescent-brownish face. Their forehead and crown are bright rufous. Their back and rump are dark brownish olive and their uppertail coverts a chestnut-tinged brownish olive. Their wings are mostly warm brown that is brighter at the base of the flight feathers and duller at their ends. Voice: The orange-breasted thornbird's song is "a series of loud ringing notes introduced by 1–2 softer notes, 'ku, keeé-keeé-keeé-keeé-keeé-kuh' ", and it is often sung in duet by a pair.

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When to see the Orange-breasted Thornbird

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Orange-breasted Thornbird

Regular range

The map shades 2 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Orange-breasted Thornbird

The orange-breasted thornbird is a species of bird in the Furnariinae subfamily of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is found in Brazil, Uruguay, and possibly Argentina.

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