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==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
''Phacellodomus erythrophthalmus'' has two subspecies: | ''Phacellodomus erythrophthalmus'' has two subspecies: | ||
| − | *''P. e. erythrophthalmus | + | *''P. e. erythrophthalmus'' |
:*Coastal eastern Brazil (southern Bahia to São Paulo) | :*Coastal eastern Brazil (southern Bahia to São Paulo) | ||
*''P. e. ferrugineigula'' | *''P. e. ferrugineigula'' | ||
:*Coastal south-eastern Brazil (São Paulo to southern Rio Grande do Sul) | :*Coastal south-eastern Brazil (São Paulo to southern Rio Grande do Sul) | ||
:*The AOU has accepted a proposal to split this taxon as a separate species, the Chestnut-eyed Thornbird; see [http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=137214 this discussion]. | :*The AOU has accepted a proposal to split this taxon as a separate species, the Chestnut-eyed Thornbird; see [http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=137214 this discussion]. | ||
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==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
Dense shrubs in woodland or round marshland. | Dense shrubs in woodland or round marshland. | ||
Revision as of 20:19, 22 March 2009
- Phacellodomus erythrophthalmus
Identification
Deep rufous crown, throat and breast and rufous outer tail feathers. Deep red iris.
Distribution
Taxonomy
Phacellodomus erythrophthalmus has two subspecies:
- P. e. erythrophthalmus
- Coastal eastern Brazil (southern Bahia to São Paulo)
- P. e. ferrugineigula
- Coastal south-eastern Brazil (São Paulo to southern Rio Grande do Sul)
- The AOU has accepted a proposal to split this taxon as a separate species, the Chestnut-eyed Thornbird; see this discussion.
Habitat
Dense shrubs in woodland or round marshland.
