Chestnut-backed Thornbird (Phacellodomus dorsalis)
About the Chestnut-backed Thornbird
The chestnut-backed thornbird (Phacellodomus dorsalis) is a Near Threatened species of bird in the family Furnariidae. It is endemic to Peru. The chestnut-backed thornbird is monotypic. It and the spot-breasted thornbird (P. maculipectus) are sister species.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 22 recordings for this species: 14 CC BY-NC-ND · 8 CC BY-NC-SA. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
As soon as someone uploads a freely licensed recording, we mirror it and the player appears here.
Listed as recorded in Peru in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Greater ThornbirdPhacellodomus ruberrecording
- Little ThornbirdPhacellodomus sibilatrixrecording
- Rufous-fronted ThornbirdPhacellodomus rufifronsrecording
- Spot-breasted ThornbirdPhacellodomus maculipectusrecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.