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LITTLE THORNBIRD Phacellodomus sibilatrix
Scampering about mouse-like on the ground a family of Little Thornbird goes about its daily business. They keep constant contact with thin, lispy calls, quite unlike the loud chatters of their relatives. In fact they don´t look much like other thornbirds at all, you are more likely to confuse them with a Short-billed Canastero in their limited Chaco range.
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FIGURE 1 - (FPAVE571PH) Adult, Ruta Trans-Chaco km650, Departamento Boquerón (Paul Smith July 2006).
FIGURE 2 - (FPAVE572PH) Same individual head detail (Paul Smith July 2006).
FIGURE 3 - (FPAVE573PH) Same individual upperwing (Paul Smith July 2006).
FIGURE 4 - (FPAVE574PH) Nest, Fortín Toledo, Central Chaco (Paul Smith July 2006).
VIDEO A - (FPAVE575VI) Same individual as (FPAVE571PH - FPAVE573PH)  (Paul Smith July 2006).
VIDEO B - (FPAVE576VI) Adult singing, Fortín Toledo, Departamento Boquerón (Paul Smith November 2010).