Ovenbirds (Furnariidae)

Freckle-breasted Thornbird (Phacellodomus striaticollis) - HBW 8, p. 314

French: Synallaxe rousselé German: Fleckenbrust-Bündelnister Spanish: Espinero Pechimoteado
Other common names: Rufous-headed Thornbird; Spot-breasted Thornbird (maculipectus)

Taxonomy: Anumbius striaticollis d’Orbigny and Lafresnaye, 1838, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Distinctive race maculipectus often treated, with some justification, as a separate species, differing from nominate in plumage, iris colour, voice, habitat and nest shape. Isolated population in forest fragments in Catamarca and La Rioja (NW Argentina), differing in having dark chestnut forehead concolorous with rest of crown, and darker, more olivaceous back, represents an undescribed race. Two subspecies recognized.

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