The Secret Life of the Rufous Hornero

Learn about the Rufous Hornero, a tropical ovenbird that builds a huge nest out of mud. A collaboration with ‪@SubtitleSomething‬

Aves / Passeriformes / Furnariidae / Furnarius rufus

00:00 Introduction
01:25 Behaviour
01:50 The Nest
06:24 Territoriality

Thanks to Paulo Amorim and Priscila Piassi for sending us copies of their papers.

References:

Sick, Helmut, and Paul Barruel. Ornitologia brasileira. Editora Universidade de Brasília, 1984.

Amorim, Paulo S., et al. "Out of sight, out of mind: dear enemy effect in the rufous hornero, Furnarius rufus." Animal Behaviour 187 (2022): 167-176.

Fraga, Rosendo M. "The breeding of rufous horneros (Furnarius rufus)." The Condor 82.1 (1980): 58-68.

Mason, Paul. "The nesting biology of some passerines of Buenos Aires, Argentina." Ornithological monographs (1985): 954-972.

Massoni, Viviana, et al. "High coordination and equitable parental effort in the Rufous Hornero." The Condor 114.3 (2012): 564-570.

Shibuya, Felipe LS, Talita V. Braga, and James J. Roper. "The Rufous Hornero (Furnarius rufus) nest as an incubation chamber." Journal of Thermal Biology 47 (2015): 7-12.

Skutch, Alexander F.. "20. Enemies, Nest Success, and Survival". Antbirds and Ovenbirds: Their Lives and Homes, New York, USA: University of Texas Press, 1996, pp. 237-246. https://doi.org/10.7560/776999-023