Chestnut-backed Thornbird
Phacellodomus dorsalisSalvin, O, 1895
English (US) Chestnut-backed Thornbird
The Chestnut-backed Thornbird (Phacellodomus dorsalis) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Furnariidae (Ovenbirds and Woodcreepers) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: northern Peru (upper Marañón Valley)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Phacellodomus dorsalis
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- English (US)
- Chestnut-backed Thornbird
- Described by
- Salvin, O, 1895
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Phacelodomus dorsalis
- Described by
- Salvin, O, 1895
- Type locality
- Malea [i.e. Malca], 8000 feet, near Cajabamba, Peru.
- Original description
- Novitates Zoologicae 2 p.14
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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