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Photo by Arthur Grosset.
Photo taken: Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.

Phacellodomus striaticollis

Identification

The name comes from the faint white freckling on the breast. Note also the yellow iris and the brown crown with faint pale shaft streaking.

Distribution

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species¹.

Spot-breasted Thornbird was until recently treated as a subspecies of Freckle-breasted Thornbird.

Habitat

Behaviour

References

1. Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.

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