---
title: "Cierniak duży"
description: "Phacellodomus ruber — Ptaki. The greater thornbird (Phacellodomus ruber) is a species of bird in the Furnariinae subfamily of the ovenbird family Furnariidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/greater-thornbird
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Cierniak duży

> Phacellodomus ruber — Ptaki. The greater thornbird (Phacellodomus ruber) is a species of bird in the Furnariinae subfamily of the ovenbird family Furnariidae.

- Scientific name: *Phacellodomus ruber*
- Category: `birds` (Ptaki)
- Habitats: `savanna` (Sawanna)
- iNaturalist observations: 1242
- Wikidata: [Q1269189](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1269189)
- iNaturalist taxon: [11632](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/11632)

## Names

- en: Greater Thornbird
- de: Rotschwingenbündelnister
- es: Espinero grande
- fr: Synallaxe rouge
- nl: Grote stekelkruin
- pt: Graveteiro
- pl: Cierniak duży

## Countries with the most observations

AR (812), BR (279), PY (28), BO (23), UY (10)

## Summary

The greater thornbird (Phacellodomus ruber) is a species of bird in the Furnariinae subfamily of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_thornbird

## Photo

![Cierniak duży](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/greater-thornbird/medium.jpg)

Photo: Federico Muñoz · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/80029226

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/greater-thornbird?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).