Ovenbirds (Furnariidae)
Rufous-fronted Thornbird (Phacellodomus rufifrons) - HBW 8, p. 313
French: Synallaxe à front roux
German: Rotstirn-Bündelnister
Spanish: Espinero Común
Other common names: Common/Plain Thornbird, Plain-fronted/Red-fronted Thornbird; Northern Thornbird (inornatus, castilloi); Maranon/Peruvian Thornbird (peruvianus)
Taxonomy: Anabates rufifrons Wied, 1821, Riberão de Ressaca, Bahia-Minas Gerais border, Brazil.
Considered by some authors to form a superspecies with P. sibilatrix, but the two overlap considerably in distribution, and differ in body size and nest structure. N races inornatus and castilloi sometimes treated as constituting a separate species; peruvianus possibly also a separate species. Proposed race fargoi, from Paraguay and S Brazil (Mato Grosso), described as browner above and with flanks and undertail-coverts more fulvous, but found to be not diagnosable by these characters; treated as synonym of sincipitalis. Six subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- inornatus Ridgway, 1887 - NC Venezuela (SE Falcón, Yaracuy and Carabobo E to Miranda).
- castilloi Phelps, Jr. & Aveledo, 1987 - W & C Venezuela (Lara, Portuguesa, Barinas and Apure E to Sucre and Monagas) and NE Colombia (Boyacá, Arauca, Casanare, Vichada, NE Meta).
- peruvianus Hellmayr, 1925 - extreme S Ecuador (S Zamora-Chinchipe) and N Peru (upper Marañón Valley in Amazonas, Cajamarca and San Martín).
- inornatus Ridgway, 1887 - NC Venezuela (SE Falcón, Yaracuy and Carabobo E to Miranda).
- castilloi Phelps, Jr. & Aveledo, 1987 - W & C Venezuela (Lara, Portuguesa, Barinas and Apure E to Sucre and Monagas) and NE Colombia (Boyacá, Arauca, Casanare, Vichada, NE Meta).
- peruvianus Hellmayr, 1925 - extreme S Ecuador (S Zamora-Chinchipe) and N Peru (upper Marañón Valley in Amazonas, Cajamarca and San Martín).
- sincipitalis Cabanis, 1883 - E Bolivia (Beni, Santa Cruz, Tarija), S Brazil (S Mato Grosso), NC Paraguay and NW Argentina (Jujuy, Salta, Tucumán).
- specularis Hellmayr, 1925 - NE Brazil (Pernambuco).
- rufifrons (Wied, 1821) - E Brazil (S Maranhão, S Piauí, Bahia, N Minas Gerais).
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A group entering in the nest at dusk Locality Boa Nova, Bahia State, Brazil (ssp rufifrons)
Josep del Hoyo 18 January 2005 5 years ago 37 sec 4.3 -
adult building a nest Locality Hato El Cedral, Apure State, Venezuela (ssp inornatus)
Thore Noernberg 12 August 2012 43 weeks ago 28 sec 4.3 -
A bird preening and, then, moving around the nest Locality Boa Nova, Bahia State, Brazil (ssp rufifrons)
Josep del Hoyo 18 January 2005 5 years ago 27 sec 4.2 -
Three birds on a branch. Locality Jaén, Cajamarca Department, Peru (ssp peruvianus)
Yoel Jimenez 22 November 2012 22 weeks ago 36 sec 4 -
One bird coming to the nest while its mate keeps bringing branches Locality La Aurora Reserve, Paz de Ariporo, Casanare Department, Colombia
mauricio rueda 1 January 2012 1 year ago 15 sec 4 -
A bird on the top of a nest, with a general view at the end Locality Itatiaia, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil (ssp rufifrons)
Richard Garrigues 1 June 2007 5 years ago 19 sec 3.8 -
a few birds around the nest Locality Jaén, Cajamarca Department, Peru (ssp peruvianus)
Daniêl Jimenez 22 November 2012 8 weeks ago 1 min 34 sec 3.8 -
Brief view repeated at slow motion Locality Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil
Juan Sanabria 1 November 2011 1 year ago 17 sec 3.6 -
Three birds responding to our playback. Locality Jaén, Cajamarca Department, Peru (ssp peruvianus)
Yoel Jimenez 22 November 2012 15 weeks ago 25 sec 3.5
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