This is a large family of small to medium-sized birds, ranging from 9 to 35 centimetres in length. The ovenbirds are a diverse group of insectivores which get their name from the elaborate, vaguely "oven-like" clay
nests built by the
Horneros, although most other ovenbirds build stick nests or nest in tunnels or clefts in rock. Furnariid nests are always constructed with a cover.
While individial species often are habitat specialists, species of this family can be found in virtually any Neotropical habitat, ranging from city parks inhabited by Rufous Horneros, to tropical Amazonian
lowlands by many species of
Foliage-gleaners, to temperate barren Andean highlands inhabited by several species of
Miners. There are even two species, the Seaside and the Surf
Cinclodes,which
are associated with rocky coasts.
Ovenbird,
Seiurus aurocapillus, of family Parulidae is unrelated to birds in the ovenbird family, Furnariidae. For both cases, the name derives from the oven-like nests that are created.
Horneros and allies
This page contains barbtails, cinclodes, earthcreepers, horneros, reedhaunters, treerunners, xenops and others
Genus Berlepschia - 1 species
Palmcreeper,_Point-tailed Berlepschia rikeri Found: palm swamps in South America
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Claudio_Timm 2)
Hector Bottai - Brazil 3)
Nick Athanas - Argentina
Genus Cinclodes
Cinclodes,_Bar-winged also
Buff-winged Cinclodes Cinclodes fuscus Found: South America
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1, 2) Claudio Timm - Brazil 3)
Dominic
Sherony - Peru 4)
Arthur Chapman -
Chile 5) Argentina 6)
Lip Kee - Argentina 7)
James Caldwell - Chile 8)
Jorge Montejo - Peru
Cinclodes,_Blackish Cinclodes antarcticus Found: southern tip of South America
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Henry Flower - Falklands 2)
David Cook 3)
Nick Athanas - Falkland Islands
Cinclodes,_Chestnut-winged Cinclodes albidiventris Found: Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru
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1)
Francesco Veronesi - Ecuador 2)
Brian Henderson - Ecuador 3)
Nick Athanas - Ecuador 4)
Carlos_Henrique
Cinclodes,_Cordova Cinclodes comechingonus Found: Argentina
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Bruno Lorenzatti 2)
Allan Drewitt 3)
Opisska
Cinclodes,_Cream-winged Cinclodes albiventris Found: South America
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1, 2, 3) Dick Daniels - Peru
Cinclodes,_Dark-bellied Cinclodes patagonicus Found: Argentina, Chile
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1, 2) Dfaulder -
Chile
3)
Dick_Culbert 4)
Nick Athanas - Argentina 5)
Claudio_Timm
Cinclodes,_Gray-flanked Cinclodes oustaleti Found: Argentina, Chile
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Raponci - Chile 2)
Claudio Solari 3)
Pablo_Caceres_Contreras
Cinclodes,_Long-tailed Cinclodes pabsti Found: Brazil
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Hector Bottai - Brazil 2)
Nick Athanas - Brazil 3)
Claudio_Timm
Cinclodes,_Olrog's Cinclodes olrogi Found: Argentina
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Allan Drewitt 2)
Edwin_Harvey
Cinclodes,_Royal Cinclodes aricomae Found: Peru, Boliva
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Daniel Lane - Peru 2)
Joe Tobias
Cinclodes,_Seaside also
Chilean Seaside Cinclodes Cinclodes nigrofumosus Found: Chile
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1, 2, 3) Dick Daniels- Vina del Mar, Chile 4)
Island Conservation 5)
Nick Athanas 6)
Devonpike
Cinclodes,_Stout-billed Cinclodes excelsior Found: Columbia, Ecuador, Peru
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Francesco Veronesi - Columbia
2, 3) Alejandro Tamayo - Columbia 3)
Nick Athanas - Ecuador
Cinclodes,_Surf also
Peruvian Seaside Cinclodes Cinclodes taczanowskii Found: Peru
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Josue Hermoza 2)
Dominic Sherony 3)
Gunnar_Engblom
Cinclodes,_White-bellied Cinclodes palliatus
Found: Peru
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Dominic Sherony 2)
Richard Gibbons - Peru 3)
Nick Athanas - Argentina
Cinclodes,_White-winged Cinclodes atacamensis Found: Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Peru
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Hector Bottai - Chile 2)
Vil Sandi - Puno Peru 3)
Allen Gathman - Chile
Genus Furnarius
Horneros are usually seen on the ground or logs.They make oven-like nest utilizing mud. The nests have an curved entrance on the side to discourage predators.
Hornero,_Band-tailed also
Wing-banded Hornero Furnarius figulus Found: Brazil
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1)
Francesco Veronesi 2)
Hector Bottai
Hornero, Bay also
Pale-billed Hornero Furnarius torridus Found: Brazil, southeast Columbia, eastern Ecuador, northeast Peru
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Joseph Smit 2)
David Ascanio
Hornero,_Crested Furnarius cristatus Found: Argentina, Boliviia, Paraguay
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Opisska - Argentina 2)
Nick Athanas - Argentina 3)
Tony_Morris - Paraguay
Hornero,_Lesser Furnarius minor Found: Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
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Joao Quental 2)
Hector Bottai 3)
Nick Athanas - Ecuador
Hornero,_Pale-legged Furnarius leucopus Found: South America
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Frank Wouters 2)
Nick Athanas - Peru 3)
Doug Janson 4)
Charlie Westerinen - Iquitos, Peru along the Amazon
Hornero, Rufous also
Red Ovenbird Furnarius rufus Found: eastern South America
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1, 2, 3)
Dario Sanches - Brazil 4)
Cláudio
Timm - Brazil 5)
Cristiano Crolle - Argentina
Genus Geocerthia - 1 species
Earthcreeper,_Striated Geocerthia serrana Found: Peru
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Nick Athanas - Peru 3)
Opisska
Genus Limnoctites - 1 species
Reedhaunter, Straight-billed Limnoctites rectirostris Found: Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay
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1, 2) franalverja 3)
Claudio Timm
Genus Limnornis - 1 species
Reedhaunter,_Curve-billed Limnornis curvirostris Found: Argentina, Brazil, Urugua
Image by:
1, 2) Cláudio Timm - Rio Grande do Sul,
Brazil 3)
Nick Athanas - Brazil
Genus Lochmias - 1 species
Streamcreeper,_Sharp-tailed Lochmias nematura Found: Sourh America
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Dario Sanches - Brazil 2)
Cláudio
Timm - Brazil 3)
Nick Athanas - Brazil
Genus Margarornis
Treerunner, Beautiful Margarornis bellulus Found: Panama
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1)
birdphotodatabase
Treerunner,_Pearled Margarornis squamiger Found: Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela
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Nick Athanas - Peru 2)
Francesco Veronesi - Ecuador 3)
David Cook - Peru 4)
NBII_Image_Gallery - Ecuador
Treerunner,_Ruddy Margarornis rubiginosus Found: Costa Rica, Panama
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Dominic Sherony - Costa Rica 2)
Barbara Dye - Costa Rica
Treerunner,_Star-chested also
Fulvous-dotted Treerunner Margarornis stellatus Found: Columbia, Ecuador
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Dominic Sherony - Columbia 2)
Nick Athanas - Ecuador 3)
Francesco_Veronesi
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Genus Microxenops - 1 species
Xenops,_Rufous-tailed Microxenops milleri Found: South America
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Anselmo_d’Affonseca 2)
Pinned
Genus Ochetorhynchus
Chilia,_Crag Ochetorhynchus melanurus Found: Chile
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Daniel Martinez 2)
Nick Athanas - Chile
Earthcreeper,_Band-tailed Ochetorhynchus phoenicurus Found: Argentina, Chile
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Nick Athanas - Argentina
Earthcreeper,_Rock Ochetorhynchus andaecola Found: Argentina, Bolivia, Chile
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1)
Orbigny 2)
Ron Knight 3)
Nick Athanas - Argentina
Earthcreeper,_Straight-billed Ochetorhynchus ruficaudus Found: Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Peru
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Orbigny 2)
Ron Knight - Argentina 3)
Nick Athanas - Argentina
Genus Phleocryptes - 1 species
Rushbird,_Wren-like Phleocryptes melanops Found: South America
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Amy McAndrews - Peru 2)
Claudio_Timm 3)
Tony Fish - Lima
Genus Premnornis - 1 species
Barbtail, Rusty-winged Premnornis guttuliger Found: Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela
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Peter Hoell
Genus Premnoplex
Barbtail,_Spotted Premnoplex brunnescens Found: Central America, northeast South America
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Joseph Wolf 2)
Dave Curtis - Panama 3) Nick Athanas - Ecuador
Barbtail, White-throated Premnoplex tatei Found: northern Venezuela
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Francisco A. Betancourt
Genus Pseudocolaptes
Cacholote, Brown Pseudoseisura lophotes Found: South America
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Claudio Timm - Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Tuftedcheek, Buffy Pseudocolaptes lawrencii Found: Costa Rica, Panama, Columbia, Ecuador
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Dominic Sherony
Tuftedcheek,_Streaked Pseudocolaptes boissonneautii Found: mountains of northern South America
Image by:
1, 3) Jose Loiza 2)
Nick Athanas - Peru
Genus Pygarrhichas - 1 species
Treerunner,_White-throated Pygarrhichas albogularis Found: Chile, Argentina
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Dominic Sherony - Argentina 2)
Nick Athanas - Argentina
Genus Roraimia - 1 species
Barbtail, Roraiman Roraimia adusta Found: Brazil, Guyana, Venezuela
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Joseph Smit 2)
Pinned
Genus Tarphonomus
Earthcreeper, Bolivian Tarphonomus harterti Found: Bolivia
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1)
Paul Jones
Earthcreeper,_Chaco Tarphonomus certhioides Found: Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay
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Ron Knight 2)
Nick Athanas - Argentina 3)
Hector_Bottai - Argentina
Genus Upucerthia
Earthcreeper,_Buff-breasted Upucerthia validirostris Found: Argentina, Bolivia
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1)
Ron Knight - Argentina 2, 3)
Nick Athanas - Argentina
Earthcreeper, Patagonian Forest Upucerthia saturatior Found: Argentina, Chile
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1)
Walter Ballero 2)
Antonio Maureira - Chile
Earthcreeper,_Scale-throated Upucerthia dumetaria Found: Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Peru, Uruguay
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Dominic Sherony - Argentina 2)
Brian_Ralphs 3)
Daniele_Colombo
Earthcreeper,_White-throated Upucerthia albigula Found: Chile, Peru
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1)
Dick Culbert 2)
Nick Athanas - Chile 3)
Richard Gibbons - Lima
Genus Xenops
Xenops,_Plain Xenops minutus Found: South America
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Dario Sanches- Brazil 2)
Andres Cuervo 3)
Nick Athanas - Panama
Xenops, Slender-billed Xenops tenuirostris Found: South America
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2) Carol Foil - Peru
Xenops, Streaked Xenops rutilans Found: South America
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Dario Sanches - Brazil 2)
Barloventomagico - Venezuela