Chestnut-backed thornbird

Chestnut-backed thornbird
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Furnariidae
Genus: Phacellodomus
Species: P. dorsalis
Binomial name
Phacellodomus dorsalis
Salvin, 1895

The chestnut-backed thornbird (Phacellodomus dorsalis) is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family. It is endemic to Peru.

Its natural habitat is Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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