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Caribbean Hornero

Furnarius longirostris

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesShrublandDomed nestSmall · 49 g
Caribbean Hornero (Furnarius longirostris), photo 1
Photo: Susan Blayney · CC BY 4.0
Caribbean Hornero (Furnarius longirostris), photo 2
Photo: Susan Blayney · CC BY 4.0
Caribbean Hornero (Furnarius longirostris), photo 3
Photo: tomas_kay · CC BY 4.0
Caribbean Hornero (Furnarius longirostris), photo 4
Photo: Ben Costamagna · CC BY 4.0
Caribbean Hornero (Furnarius longirostris), photo 5
Photo: Ben Costamagna · CC BY 4.0
Caribbean Hornero (Furnarius longirostris), photo 6
Photo: Stari Plativky · CC0
Caribbean Hornero (Furnarius longirostris), photo 7
Photo: Stari Plativky · CC0
Caribbean Hornero (Furnarius longirostris), photo 8
Photo: Julien Renoult · CC BY 4.0
Caribbean Hornero (Furnarius longirostris), photo 9
Photo: Stari Plativky · CC0
Caribbean Hornero (Furnarius longirostris), photo 10
Photo: Stari Plativky · CC0

ID tip

The Caribbean hornero is 17 to 19 cm (6.7 to 7.5 in) long. It is a medium-sized hornero with a long and somewhat decurved bill. The subspecies differ little and the sexes' plumages are alike. Adults have a wide white supercilium, a narrow brownish gray stripe behind the eye, tawny ear coverts, and a tawny-rufous malar area. Their crown is gray. Their back, rump, and wing and uppertail coverts are bright orange rufous. Their tail is chestnut. Their flight feathers are blackish with a rufous band. Their throat is white and the rest of their underparts rich cinnamon-buff. Voice: The Caribbean hornero is very vocal. Its song is a shortish rattle "lasting ca. 4 seconds, accelerating and then slowing, on an even pitch, or falling slightly at the end". Every note has a sharp peak followed by a downslur.

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When to see the Caribbean Hornero

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is May, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Caribbean Hornero

Regular range

The map shades 2 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Colombia Venezuela

About the Caribbean Hornero

The Caribbean hornero is a species of bird in the Furnariinae subfamily of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is found in Colombia and Venezuela.

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Easily confused with

Band-tailed Hornero (Furnarius figulus) Band-tailed HorneroFurnarius figulusThe band-tailed hornero is 15 to 16 cm (5.9 to 6.3 in) long and weighs about 28 g (0.99 oz). Crested Hornero (Furnarius cristatus) Crested HorneroFurnarius cristatusThe crested hornero is 14 to 15 cm (5.5 to 5.9 in) long and weighs 26 to 29 g (0.92 to 1.0 oz). Lesser Hornero (Furnarius minor) Lesser HorneroFurnarius minorThe lesser hornero is a species of bird in the ovenbird family Furnariidae.

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