Guardian Nature School Team Contact Blog Project Noah Facebook Project Noah Twitter

A worldwide community photographing and learning about wildlife

Join Project Noah!
nature school apple icon

Project Noah Nature School visit nature school

Rufous Hornero

Furnarius rufus

Description:

Measuring 18-20 cm long and weighs 49 grams. The back has entirely reddish brown (hence the specific epithet rufus). Features a smooth brow, formed by feathers clearer in light contrast with the rest of the plumage of the head. Primary remiges (flight feathers on the wings) anegradas, visible in flight with open wings.

Habitat:

One of the most popular birds in the South, Southeast and Center-West regions of Brazil. It is present in non-forested areas, from the south to the states of Goiás Piauí and Alagoas. Recently it has expanded its boundaries to regions where deforestation has occurred in large areas like the southeast of Pará Found in Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay and Bolivia.

Species ID Suggestions



Sign in to suggest organism ID

No Comments

angelog.ambiental
Spotted by
angelog.ambiental

Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil

Spotted on Aug 26, 2012
Submitted on Aug 26, 2012

Related Spottings

Hornero Furnarius Rufous Hornero Nest. Hornero, Rufous Hornero

Nearby Spottings

Unidentified insect eggs Katydid Gonodonta moth Owl Butterfly
Noah Guardians
Noah Sponsors
join Project Noah Team

Join the Project Noah Team