Ovenbirds
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Furnariidae
Genus
many: see text

The ovenbirds or Horneros are a large family of small passerine bird species found in South America. They form the family Furnariidae. They should not be confused with the Ovenbird, Seiurus aurocapillus, which is a wood warbler in the family Parulidae.

This is a diverse group which gets its name from the elaborate clay nests built by some species, although others build stick nests or nest in tunnels or clefts in rock; up to six blue or white eggs are laid. Most are forest birds, but some are found in more open habitats.

Family: Furnariidae

  • The miners
    • Campo Miner, Geobates poecilopterus
    • Coastal Miner, Geositta peruviana
    • Grayish Miner, Geositta maritima
    • Common Miner, Geositta cunicularia
    • Puna Miner, Geositta punensis
    • Short-billed Miner, Geositta antarctica
    • Dark-winged Miner, Geositta saxicolina
    • Rufous-banded Miner, Geositta rufipennis
    • Creamy-rumped Miner, Geositta isabellina
    • Thick-billed Miner, Geositta crassirostris
    • Slender-billed Miner, Geositta tenuirostris
  • The earthcreepers
    • Scale-throated Earthcreeper, Upucerthia dumetaria
    • Plain-breasted Earthcreeper, Upucerthia jelskii
    • Buff-breasted Earthcreeper, Upucerthia validirostris
    • White-throated Earthcreeper, Upucerthia albigula
    • Striated Earthcreeper, Upucerthia serrana
    • Straight-billed Earthcreeper, Upucerthia ruficauda
    • Rock Earthcreeper, Upucerthia andaecola
    • Chaco Earthcreeper, Ochetorhynchus certhioides
    • Bolivian Earthcreeper, Ochetorhynchus harterti
    • Band-tailed Earthcreeper, Eremobius phoenicurus
  • The chilias
    • Crag Chilia, Chilia melanura
  • The cinclodes, genus ''Cinclodes'
    • Blackish Cinclodes, Cinclodes antarcticus
    • Chilean Seaside Cinclodes, Cinclodes nigrofumosus
    • Peruvian Seaside Cinclodes, Cinclodes taczanowskii
    • Dark-bellied Cinclodes, Cinclodes patagonicus
    • Gray-flanked Cinclodes, Cinclodes oustaleti
    • Olrog's Cinclodes, Cinclodes olrogi
    • Bar-winged Cinclodes, Cinclodes fuscus
    • Comechingones Cinclodes, Cinclodes comechingonus
    • Stout-billed Cinclodes, Cinclodes excelsior
    • Royal Cinclodes, Cinclodes aricomae
    • Long-tailed Cinclodes, Cinclodes pabsti
    • White-winged Cinclodes, Cinclodes atacamensis
    • White-bellied Cinclodes, Cinclodes palliatus
  • The horneros, genus Furnarius
    • Pale-legged Hornero, Furnarius leucopus
    • Bay Hornero, Furnarius torridus
    • Tail-banded Hornero, Furnarius figulus
    • Lesser Hornero, Furnarius minor
    • Rufous Hornero, Furnarius rufus
    • Crested Hornero, Furnarius cristatus
  • The wiretails
    • Des Murs' Wiretail, Sylviorthorhynchus desmursii
  • The rayaditos
    • Thorn-tailed Rayadito, Aphrastura spinicauda
    • Masafuera Rayadito, Aphrastura masafuerae
  • The spinetails
    • Andean Tit-Spinetail, Leptasthenura andicola
    • Streaked Tit-Spinetail, Leptasthenura striata
    • Rusty-crowned Tit-Spinetail, Leptasthenura pileata
    • White-browed Tit-Spinetail, Leptasthenura xenothorax
    • Striolated Tit-Spinetail, Leptasthenura striolata
    • Plain-mantled Tit-Spinetail, Leptasthenura aegithaloides
    • Tufted Tit-Spinetail, Leptasthenura platensis
    • Brown-capped Tit-Spinetail, Leptasthenura fuliginiceps
    • Araucaria Tit-Spinetail, Leptasthenura setaria
    • Tawny Tit-Spinetail, Leptasthenura yanacensis
    • Bay-capped Wren-Spinetail, Spartonoica maluroides
    • Chotoy Spinetail, Schoeniophylax phryganophila
    • White-whiskered Spinetail, Poecilurus candei
    • Hoary-throated Spinetail, Poecilurus kollari
    • Ochre-cheeked Spinetail, Poecilurus scutatus
    • Russet-bellied Spinetail, Synallaxis zimmeri
    • Bahia Spinetail, Synallaxis whitneyi
    • Rufous-breasted Spinetail, Synallaxis erythrothorax
    • Rufous Spinetail, Synallaxis unirufa
    • Black-throated Spinetail, Synallaxis castanea
    • Rusty-headed Spinetail, Synallaxis fuscorufa
    • Azara's Spinetail, Synallaxis azarae
    • Apurimac Spinetail, Synallaxis courseni
    • Silvery-throated Spinetail, Synallaxis subpudica
    • Sooty-fronted Spinetail, Synallaxis frontalis
    • Cinereous-breasted Spinetail, Synallaxis hypospodia
    • Pale-breasted Spinetail, Synallaxis albescens
    • Chicli Spinetail, Synallaxis spixi
    • Dark-breasted Spinetail, Synallaxis albigularis
    • Slaty Spinetail, Synallaxis brachyura
    • Rufous-capped Spinetail, Synallaxis ruficapilla
    • Pinto's Spinetail, Synallaxis infuscata
    • Cabanis' Spinetail, Synallaxis cabanisi
    • Dusky Spinetail, Synallaxis moesta
    • MacConnell's Spinetail, Synallaxis macconnelli
    • Plain-crowned Spinetail, Synallaxis gujanensis
    • White-lored Spinetail, Synallaxis albilora
    • Maranon Spinetail, Synallaxis maranonica
    • White-bellied Spinetail, Synallaxis propinqua
    • Gray-bellied Spinetail, Synallaxis cinerascens
    • Black-faced Spinetail, Synallaxis tithys
    • Ruddy Spinetail, Synallaxis rutilans
    • Chestnut-throated Spinetail, Synallaxis cherriei
    • Stripe-breasted Spinetail, Synallaxis cinnamomea
    • Red-shouldered Spinetail, Synallaxis hellmayri
    • Necklaced Spinetail, Synallaxis stictothorax
    • Chinchipe Spinetail, Synallaxis chinchipensis
    • Great Spinetail, Siptornopsis hypochondriacus
    • White-browed Spinetail, Hellmayrea gularis
    • Creamy-crested Spinetail, Cranioleuca albicapilla
    • Light-crowned Spinetail, Cranioleuca albiceps
    • Marcapata Spinetail, Cranioleuca marcapatae
    • Baron's Spinetail, Cranioleuca baroni
    • Line-cheeked Spinetail, Cranioleuca antisiensis
    • Ash-browed Spinetail, Cranioleuca curtata
    • Streak-capped Spinetail, Cranioleuca hellmayri
    • Tepui Spinetail, Cranioleuca demissa
    • Pallid Spinetail, Cranioleuca pallida
    • Red-faced Spinetail, Cranioleuca erythrops
    • Gray-headed Spinetail, Cranioleuca semicinerea
    • Crested Spinetail, Cranioleuca subcristata
    • Olive Spinetail, Cranioleuca obsoleta
    • Stripe-crowned Spinetail, Cranioleuca pyrrhophia
    • Sulphur-bearded Spinetail, Cranioleuca sulphurifera
    • Rusty-backed Spinetail, Cranioleuca vulpina
    • White-breasted Spinetail, Cranioleuca vulpecula
    • Speckled Spinetail, Cranioleuca gutturata
    • Scaled Spinetail, Cranioleuca muelleri
    • Bolivian Spinetail, Cranioleuca henricae
    • Coiba Spinetail, Cranioleuca dissita
    • Red-and-white Spinetail, Certhiaxis mustelina
    • Yellow-chinned Spinetail, Certhiaxis cinnamomea
  • The graveteiros
    • Pink-legged Graveteiro, Acrobatornis fonsecai
  • The rushbirds
    • Wren-like Rushbird, Phleocryptes melanops
  • The reedhaunters, genus Limnornis
    • Curve-billed Reedhaunter, Limnornis curvirostris
    • Straight-billed Reedhaunter, Limnornis rectirostris
  • The thistletails
    • Ochre-browed Thistletail, Schizoeaca coryi
    • Perija Thistletail, Schizoeaca perijana
    • White-chinned Thistletail, Schizoeaca fuliginosa
    • Mouse-colored Thistletail, Schizoeaca griseomurina
    • Eye-ringed Thistletail, Schizoeaca palpebralis
    • Vilcabamba Thistletail, Schizoeaca vilcabambae
    • Puna Thistletail, Schizoeaca helleri
    • Black-throated Thistletail, Schizoeaca harterti
    • Itatiaia Thistletail, Oreophylax moreirae
  • The canasteros, genus Asthenes
    • Creamy-breasted Canastero, Asthenes dorbignyi
    • Dark-winged Canastero, Asthenes arequipae
    • Pale-tailed Canastero, Asthenes huancavelicae
    • Berlepsch's Canastero, Asthenes berlepschi
    • Steinbach's Canastero, Asthenes steinbachi
    • Lesser Canastero, Asthenes pyrrholeuca
    • Short-billed Canastero, Asthenes baeri
    • Patagonian Canastero, Asthenes patagonica
    • Dusky-tailed Canastero, Asthenes humicola
    • Canyon Canastero, Asthenes pudibunda
    • Rusty-fronted Canastero, Asthenes ottonis
    • Iquico Canastero, Asthenes heterura
    • Cordilleran Canastero, Asthenes modesta
    • Cactus Canastero, Asthenes cactorum
    • Cipo Canastero, Asthenes luizae
    • Streak-throated Canastero, Asthenes humilis
    • Streak-backed Canastero, Asthenes wyatti
    • Puna Canastero, Asthenes sclateri
    • Austral Canastero, Asthenes anthoides
    • Hudson's Canastero, Asthenes hudsoni
    • Scribble-tailed Canastero, Asthenes maculicauda
    • Junin Canastero, Asthenes virgata
    • Line-fronted Canastero, Asthenes urubambensis
    • Many-striped Canastero, Asthenes flammulata
  • The softtails
    • Orinoco Softtail, Thripophaga cherriei
    • Striated Softtail, Thripophaga macroura
    • Plain Softtail, Phacellodomus fusciceps
    • Russet-mantled Softtail, Phacellodomus berlepschi
  • The thornbirds, genus Phacellodomus
    • Common Thornbird, Phacellodomus rufifrons
    • Little Thornbird, Phacellodomus sibilatrix
    • Streak-fronted Thornbird, Phacellodomus striaticeps
    • Greater Thornbird, Phacellodomus ruber
    • Freckle-breasted Thornbird, Phacellodomus striaticollis
    • Spot-breasted Thornbird, Phacellodomus maculipectus
    • Chestnut-backed Thornbird, Phacellodomus dorsalis
    • Red-eyed Thornbird, Phacellodomus erythrophthalmus
  • The groundcreepers
    • Canebrake Groundcreeper, Clibanornis dendrocolaptoides
  • The firewood-gatherers
    • Firewood-gatherer, Anumbius annumbi
  • The brushrunners
    • Lark-like Brushrunner, Coryphistera alaudina
  • The cachlotess, genus Pseudoseisura
    • Caatinga Cacholote, Pseudoseisura cristata
    • Gray-crested Cacholote, Pseudoseisura unirufa
    • Brown Cacholote, Pseudoseisura lophotes
    • White-throated Cacholote, Pseudoseisura gutturalis
  • The plushcrowns
    • Orange-fronted Plushcrown, Metopothrix aurantiacus
  • The graytails, genus Xenerpestes
    • Equatorial Graytail, Xenerpestes singularis
    • Double-banded Graytail, Xenerpestes minlosi
  • The prickletails
    • Spectacled Prickletail, Siptornis striaticollis
  • The barbtails
    • Rusty-winged Barbtail, Premnornis guttuligera
    • Spotted Barbtail, Premnoplex brunnescens
    • White-throated Barbtail, Premnoplex tatei
    • Roraiman Barbtail, Roraimia adusta
  • The treerunners
    • Ruddy Treerunner, Margarornis rubiginosus
    • Fulvous-dotted Treerunner, Margarornis stellatus
    • Beautiful Treerunner, Margarornis bellulus
    • Pearled Treerunner, Margarornis squamiger
    • White-throated Treerunner, Pygarrhichas albogularis
  • The xenops
    • Great Xenops, Megaxenops parnaguae
    • Rufous-tailed Xenops, Xenops milleri
    • Slender-billed Xenops, Xenops tenuirostris
    • Plain Xenops, Xenops minutus
    • Streaked Xenops, Xenops rutilans
  • The treehunters
    • Sharp-billed Treehunter, Heliobletus contaminatus
    • Flammulated Treehunter, Thripadectes flammulatus
    • Buff-throated Treehunter, Thripadectes scrutator
    • Striped Treehunter, Thripadectes holostictus
    • Black-billed Treehunter, Thripadectes melanorhynchus
    • Streak-capped Treehunter, Thripadectes virgaticeps
    • Uniform Treehunter, Thripadectes ignobilis
    • Streak-breasted Treehunter, Thripadectes rufobrunneus
    • Pale-browed Treehunter, Cichlocolaptes leucophrus
  • The tuftedcheeks, genus Pseudocolaptes
    • Streaked Tuftedcheek, Pseudocolaptes boissonneautii
    • Buffy Tuftedcheek, Pseudocolaptes lawrencii
    • Pacific Tuftedcheek, Pseudocolaptes johnsoni
  • The foliage-gleaners'
    • White-browed Foliage-gleaner, Anabacerthia amaurotis
    • Montane Foliage-gleaner, Anabacerthia striaticollis
    • Scaly-throated Foliage-gleaner, Anabacerthia variegaticeps
    • Lineated Foliage-gleaner, Syndactyla subalaris
    • Guttulated Foliage-gleaner, Syndactyla guttulata
    • Buff-browed Foliage-gleaner, Syndactyla rufosuperciliata
    • Rufous-necked Foliage-gleaner, Syndactyla ruficollis
    • Chestnut-winged Foliage-gleaner, Philydor erythropterus
    • Rufous-rumped Foliage-gleaner, Philydor erythrocercus
    • Rufous-tailed Foliage-gleaner, Philydor ruficaudatus
    • Buff-fronted Foliage-gleaner, Philydor rufus
    • Ochre-breasted Foliage-gleaner, Philydor lichtensteini
    • Russet-mantled Foliage-gleaner, Philydor dimidiatus
    • Cinnamon-rumped Foliage-gleaner, Philydor pyrrhodes
    • Slaty-winged Foliage-gleaner, Philydor fuscipennis
    • Black-capped Foliage-gleaner, Philydor atricapillus
    • Alagoas Foliage-gleaner, Philydor novaesi
    • White-collared Foliage-gleaner, Anabazenops fuscus
    • Crested Foliage-gleaner, Automolus dorsalis
    • Chestnut-crowned Foliage-gleaner, Automolus rufipileatus
    • White-eyed Foliage-gleaner, Automolus leucophthalmus
    • White-throated Foliage-gleaner, Automolus roraimae
    • Buff-throated Foliage-gleaner, Automolus ochrolaemus
    • Olive-backed Foliage-gleaner, Automolus infuscatus
    • Brown-rumped Foliage-gleaner, Automolus melanopezus
    • Ruddy Foliage-gleaner, Automolus rubiginosus
    • Chestnut-capped Foliage-gleaner, Hylocryptus rectirostris
    • Henna-hooded Foliage-gleaner, Hylocryptus erythrocephalus
  • The palmcreepers
    • Point-tailed Palmcreeper, Berlepschia rikeri
  • The recurvebills, genus Simoxenops
    • Peruvian Recurvebill, Simoxenops ucayalae
    • Bolivian Recurvebill, Simoxenops striatus
  • The woodhaunters
    • Striped Woodhaunter, Hyloctistes subulatus
  • The hookbills
    • Chestnut-winged Hookbill, Ancistrops strigilatus
  • The leaftossers, genus Sclerurus
    • Short-billed Leaftosser, Sclerurus rufigularis
    • Tawny-throated Leaftosser, Sclerurus mexicanus
    • Gray-throated Leaftosser, Sclerurus albigularis
    • Black-tailed Leaftosser, Sclerurus caudacutus
    • Rufous-breasted Leaftosser, Sclerurus scansor
    • Scaly-throated Leaftosser, Sclerurus guatemalensis
  • The streamcreepers
    • Sharp-tailed Streamcreeper Lochmias nematura