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Where does the Greater Thornbird live?

Phacellodomus ruber has 44,307 records in 6 countries and territories, from 1900 to 2026. Most records come from Argentina.

Greater Thornbird
Greater Thornbird — Photo: Cláudio Dias Timm from Rio Grande do Sul · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
AnimaliaChordataAvesPasseriformesFurnariidaePhacellodomus

When it is recorded

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Peak month: October. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

19002026

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
Argentina 22,859
Brazil 10,818
Paraguay 8,022
Bolivia 2,054
Uruguay 553
Guyana 1

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Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.