Pale-legged hornero
Furnarius leucopus Swainson, 1838
The pale-legged hornero (Furnarius leucopus) is a species in the family Furnariidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh about 54.8 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.
Quick facts about the pale-legged hornero
- Weight
- 54.8 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Invertivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- shrublandsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- 2src for Young per litter or clutch
- Lifestyle
- Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
- Migration
- Sedentarysrc for Migration
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the pale-legged hornero live?
Not recorded
What is the pale-legged hornero?
The pale-legged hornero (Furnarius leucopus) is a species of bird in the Furnariinae subfamily of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Guyana, and Peru.
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What does the pale-legged hornero sound like?
Is the pale-legged hornero endangered?
The pale-legged hornero is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.
- LCLeast Concern
- NTNear Threatened
- VUVulnerable
- ENEndangered
- CRCritically Endangered
- EWExtinct in the Wild
- EXExtinct
Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.
How is the pale-legged hornero classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familyFurnariidae
- genusFurnarius
- SpeciesFurnarius leucopus Swainson, 1838
Other names and names in other languages (31)
- forner de potes rosaCatalan
- hrnčiřík světlenohýCzech
- pobydd coeswelwWelsh
- Lysbenet OvnfuglDanish
- BlassfußtöpferGerman
- Blaßfuß-TöpfervogelGerman
- palkrura furnarioEsperanto
- Hornero paticlaroSpanish
- CargabarroSpanish
- Hornero patiamarilloSpanish
- rusolakkiorneeroFinnish
- harmaalakkiorneeroFinnish
- Fournier variableFrench
- riđoleđi pećarCroatian
- Fornaio zampechiareItalian
- アカアシカマドドリJapanese
- blyškiakojis krosniusLithuanian
- BleekpootovenvogelDutch
- blekfotovnfuglNorwegian
- garncarz jasnonogiPolish
- casaca-de-couro-amareloPortuguese
- forneiro-de-patas-clarasPortuguese
- Бледноногий печникRussian
- Бледноногий настоящий печникRussian
- hrnčiarik bledonohýSlovak
- Svetlonoga pećarkaSerbian
- ljusbent horneroSwedish
- Sarı Bacaklı ÇömlekçikuşuTurkish
- горнеро світлоногийUkrainian
- 淡腳灶鳥Chinese
- 淡腿灶鸟Chinese
Relatives of the pale-legged hornero
Other species in the same genus Furnarius.
Rufous hornero
Furnarius rufus
Crested hornero
Furnarius cristatus
Band-tailed hornero
Furnarius figulus
Lesser hornero
Furnarius minor
Bay hornero
Furnarius torridus
Pacific hornero
Furnarius cinnamomeus
ComparePale-legged hornero vs Rufous horneroPale-legged hornero vs Crested horneroPale-legged hornero vs Band-tailed horneroPale-legged hornero vs Lesser hornero
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the pale-legged hornero?
An adult pale-legged hornero weighs 54.8 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the pale-legged hornero endangered?
The pale-legged hornero is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.
What kind of animal is the pale-legged hornero?
The pale-legged hornero (Furnarius leucopus) belongs to the family Furnariidae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
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Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
Tobias, J.A. et al. (2022) AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds. Ecology Letters 25: 581–597. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13898. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16586228.v7 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
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