Listen to the lesser hornero
Tip: press play to see the sound's live frequency spectrum in blue over the waveform.
About the lesser hornero
The lesser hornero is a bird in the family Furnariidae (order Passeriformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”. Adults weigh around 26 g.
What does the lesser hornero sound like?
Birds produce sound with the syrinx, a vocal organ deep in the chest that can make two independent sounds at once. Songs tend to be long and patterned and are used to hold territory and attract a mate; calls are short signals for contact, alarm and flight.
The recordings here are labelled as alarm call. Listen for differences in rhythm, pitch and repetition – the spectrum display makes it easy to see whether a sound is a pure whistle (a thin line), a harsh call (a broad band) or a trill (rapid repeated marks).
From Wikipedia
The lesser hornero (Furnarius minor) is a species of bird in the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is closely related to the Pale-legged hornero, and their global distribution overlaps somewhat. This species is monotypic, meaning there is only one subspecies.
The lesser hornero is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru, along the banks of the Amazon River and some of its major tributaries. It is a river specialist, feeding and breeding mostly in river island scrub and early successional scrub along the edge of white-water rivers and on young river islands and, in Peru the understory of Cecropia forest. This type of successional habitat is dependent on seasonal flooding and is patchily distributed along the length of its range. It is found from 50 to 200 m (160–660 ft) above sea-level.
Related birds in the genus Furnarius
More from the family Furnariidae
Red-billed scythebill
Campylorhamphus trochilirostris
Chestnut-winged hookbill
Ancistrops strigilatus
Brown-capped tit-spinetail
Leptasthenura fuliginiceps
Sharp-tailed streamcreeper
Lochmias nematura
Elegant woodcreeper
Xiphorhynchus elegans
Slender-billed miner
Geositta tenuirostris
Ruddy foliage-gleaner
Clibanornis rubiginosus
Rufous-rumped foliage-gleaner
Philydor erythrocercum
Orange-fronted plushcrown
Metopothrix aurantiaca
Scaly-throated foliage-gleaner
Anabacerthia variegaticeps
Frequently asked questions
What does a lesser hornero sound like?
You can hear 2 recordings of the lesser hornero on this page, including its alarm call. Birds produce sound with the syrinx, a vocal organ deep in the chest that can make two independent sounds at once.
Is the lesser hornero endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the lesser hornero as “least concern”.
What family does the lesser hornero belong to?
The lesser hornero (Furnarius minor) belongs to the family Furnariidae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources & credits
- Alarm call · Orellana: river island at Añangu, Ecuador by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Alarm call · Orellana: river island at Añangu, Ecuador by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q3089866 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Lesser hornero – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by Hector Bottai – CC BY-SA 4.0