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The Pacific hornero is 19 to 20 cm (7.5 to 7.9 in) long and weighs about 45 to 63 g (1.6 to 2.2 oz). It is a medium-sized hornero with a long and somewhat decurved bill. The sexes' plumages are alike. Adults have a wide whitish supercilium, a narrow brownish gray stripe through the eye, tawny ear coverts, and a tawny-rufous malar area. Their ...
All horneros are partially terrestrial, and commonly seen walking on the ground with a relatively upright posture. The rufous hornero is a national emblem of Argentina and Uruguay, two of the several countries it inhabits.
The common name derives from the horneros, which itself derives from the Spanish word for oven, horno, used to describe the shape of their nests. (Eight species do have the English name "hornero".) The International Ornithological Committee (IOC) recognizes these 321 species in the family, distributed among 71 genera. Two species, the cryptic ...
Pale-legged hornero Conservation status Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Passeriformes Family: Furnariidae Genus: Furnarius Species: F. leucopus Binomial name Furnarius leucopus Swainson, 1838 The pale-legged hornero (Furnarius leucopus) is a species of bird in the Furnariinae subfamily of the ovenbird ...
Bay hornero; C. Caribbean hornero; ... Pacific hornero; Pale-legged hornero; R. Rufous hornero This page was last edited on 28 March 2013, at 09:43 (UTC ...
P. Pacific elaenia; Pacific pygmy owl; Paint-billed crake; Pale-legged hornero; Panao antpitta; Parrot-billed seedeater; Peruvian booby; Peruvian diving petrel
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Almost nothing is known about the Pacific pygmy-owl's breeding phenology, although it is assumed to be like that of other members of genus Glaucidium. It is known to nest in tree cavities and has been recorded breeding in old nests of the pale-legged hornero (Furnarius leucopus) and in holes in walls and river banks. [6