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.
- Foliage-Gleaner
- Hornero
- Miner & leaftosser
- Spinetail
- Woodcreeper
This page contains barbtails, cinclodes, earthcreepers, horneros, reedhaunters, treerunners, xenops and others
Genus Berlepschia - 1 species
Palmcreeper, _Point-tailedBerlepschia rikeri Found: palm swamps in South America
Cinclodes, _Bar-winged also Buff-winged CinclodesCinclodes fuscus Found: South America
Image by: 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, _BlackishCinclodes antarcticus Found: southern tip of South America
Image by: 1) Henry Flower - Falklands 2) David Cook 3) Nick Athanas - Falkland Islands
Cinclodes, _Chestnut-wingedCinclodes albidiventris Found: Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru
Image by: 1) Francesco Veronesi - Ecuador 2) Brian Henderson - Ecuador 3) Nick Athanas - Ecuador 4) Carlos_Henrique
Cinclodes, _CordovaCinclodes comechingonus Found: Argentina
Cinclodes, _Cream-wingedCinclodes albiventris Found: South America
Cinclodes, _Dark-belliedCinclodes patagonicus Found: Argentina, Chile
Cinclodes, _Gray-flankedCinclodes oustaleti Found: Argentina, Chile
Cinclodes, _Long-tailedCinclodes pabsti Found: Brazil
Cinclodes, _Olrog'sCinclodes olrogi Found: Argentina
Cinclodes, _RoyalCinclodes aricomae Found: Peru, Boliva
Cinclodes, _Stout-billedCinclodes excelsior Found: Columbia, Ecuador, Peru
Cinclodes, _Surf also Peruvian Seaside CinclodesCinclodes taczanowskii Found: Peru
Cinclodes, _White-belliedCinclodes palliatus Found: Peru
Cinclodes, _White-wingedCinclodes atacamensis Found: Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Peru
Image by: 1) 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 horneroFurnarius figulus Found: Brazil
Image by: 1) Francesco Veronesi 2) Hector Bottai
Hornero, Bay also Pale-billed horneroFurnarius torridus Found: Brazil, southeast Columbia, eastern Ecuador, northeast Peru
Image by: 1) Joseph Smit 2) David Ascanio
Hornero, _CrestedFurnarius cristatus Found: Argentina, Boliviia, Paraguay
Image by: 1) Opisska - Argentina 2) Nick Athanas - Argentina 3) Tony_Morris - Paraguay
Hornero, _Lesser Furnarius minor Found: Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
Hornero, _Pale-leggedFurnarius leucopus Found: South America
Image by: 1) Frank Wouters 2) Nick Athanas - Peru 3) Doug Janson 4) Charlie Westerinen - Iquitos, Peru along the Amazon
Hornero, Rufous also Red ovenbirdFurnarius rufus Found: eastern South America
Genus Geocerthia - 1 species
Earthcreeper, _StriatedGeocerthia serrana Found: Peru
Genus Limnoctites - 1 species
Reedhaunter, Straight-billedLimnoctites rectirostris Found: Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay
Genus Limnornis - 1 species
Reedhaunter, _Curve-billedLimnornis 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-tailedLochmias nematura Found: Sourh America
Image by: 1) Dario Sanches - Brazil 2) Cláudio Timm - Brazil 3) Nick Athanas - Brazil
Genus Margarornis
Treerunner, BeautifulMargarornis bellulus Found: Panama
Treerunner, _PearledMargarornis squamiger Found: Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela
Treerunner, _RuddyMargarornis rubiginosus Found: Costa Rica, Panama
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Genus Microxenops - 1 species
Xenops, _Rufous-tailedMicroxenops milleri Found: South America
Image by: 1) Anselmo_d'Affonseca 2) Pinned
Chilia, _CragOchetorhynchus melanurus Found: Chile
Earthcreeper, _Band-tailedOchetorhynchus phoenicurus Found: Argentina, Chile
Image by: 1, 2) Nick Athanas - Argentina
Earthcreeper, _RockOchetorhynchus andaecola Found: Argentina, Bolivia, Chile
Earthcreeper, _Straight-billedOchetorhynchus ruficaudus Found: Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Peru
Image by: 1) Orbigny 2) Ron Knight - Argentina 3) Nick Athanas - Argentina
Genus Phleocryptes - 1 species
Rushbird, _Wren-likePhleocryptes melanops Found: South America
Genus Premnornis - 1 species
Barbtail, Rusty-wingedPremnornis guttuliger Found: Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela
Barbtail, _SpottedPremnoplex brunnescens Found: Central America, northeast South America
Image by: 1) Joseph Wolf 2) Dave Curtis - Panama 3) Nick Athanas - Ecuador
Barbtail, White-throatedPremnoplex tatei Found: northern Venezuela
Cacholote, BrownPseudoseisura lophotes Found: South America
Image by: Claudio Timm - Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Tuftedcheek, BuffyPseudocolaptes lawrencii Found: Costa Rica, Panama, Columbia, Ecuador
Tuftedcheek, _StreakedPseudocolaptes boissonneautii Found: mountains of northern South America
Image by: 1, 3) Jose Loiza 2) Nick Athanas - Peru
Genus Pygarrhichas - 1 species
Treerunner, _White-throatedPygarrhichas albogularis Found: Chile, Argentina
Image by: 1) Dominic Sherony - Argentina 2) Nick Athanas - Argentina
Genus Roraimia - 1 species
Barbtail, RoraimanRoraimia adusta Found: Brazil, Guyana, Venezuela
Earthcreeper, BolivianTarphonomus harterti Found: Bolivia
Image by: 1) Paul Jones
Earthcreeper, _ChacoTarphonomus certhioides Found: Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay
Earthcreeper, _Buff-breastedUpucerthia validirostris Found: Argentina, Bolivia
Image by: 1) Ron Knight - Argentina 2, 3) Nick Athanas - Argentina
Earthcreeper, Patagonian ForestUpucerthia saturatior Found: Argentina, Chile
Image by: 1) Walter Ballero 2) Antonio Maureira - Chile
Earthcreeper, _Scale-throatedUpucerthia dumetaria Found: Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Peru, Uruguay
Earthcreeper, _White-throatedUpucerthia albigula Found: Chile, Peru
Image by: 1) Dick Culbert 2) Nick Athanas - Chile 3) Richard Gibbons - Lima
Xenops, _PlainXenops minutus Found: South America
Xenops, Slender-billedXenops tenuirostris Found: South America
Xenops, StreakedXenops rutilans Found: South America
