Wing-banded Hornero (Furnarius figulus)

Other Names (World)
Wing-banded Hornero, Band-tailed Hornero, Tail-banded Hornero, White-banded Hornero, Pileated Hornero (pileatus)

Family
Furnariidae (Ovenbirds)

Size
16 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Lichtenstein, 1823)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest and shrubland. From sea-level - 900 m, occasionally up to 1,250 m.

Range (Guide)

Brazil.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (14)...)

Band-tailed Hornero (Furnarius figulus) [XC587939]
by Matheus Fernandes Moraes Silva from Queimados, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (alarm call)

Band-tailed Hornero (Furnarius figulus) [XC649601]
by Dante Buzzetti from Careiro da V\u00e1rzea, Amazonas, Brazil (duet, song, subsong)

Subspecies
The most aberrant member of the genus with respect to nest type and some plumage features. Distinctive subspecies pileatus considered possibly a separate species by some authors.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

pileatus Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1878 - East-central Brazil from eastern Amazonas east to central Par� and north-western Goi�s (upper R Araguaia).
figulus (Lichtenstein, 1823) - Eastern Brazil (eastern from eastern Maranh�o, southern Bahia and northern and eastern Minas Gerais).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Wing-banded Hornero (Furnarius figulus) - 10 files

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