Passeriformes / Furnariidae / Phacellodomus

Rufous-fronted Thornbird

Phacellodomus rufifrons

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

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Phacellodomus rufifrons peruvianus

northwestern Peru (Río Marañón Valley) and adjacent southern Ecuador
Phacellodomus rufifrons rufifrons

eastern Brazil (Piauí, Bahia, and Minas Gerais)
Phacellodomus rufifrons sincipitalis

eastern Bolivia, southwestern Brazil (Mato Grosso), northern Paraguay, and northwestern Argentina
Phacellodomus rufifrons specularis

northeastern Brazil (northern Tocantins and southern Maranhão eastward to Pernambuco and Alagoas)

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.