Lesser Hornero
Furnarius minorPelzeln, A, 1858
English (US) Lesser Hornero
The Lesser Hornero (Furnarius minor) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Furnariidae (Ovenbirds and Woodcreepers) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: Amazonian Brazil, southern Colombia, eastern Ecuador, and northeastern PeruRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Furnarius minor
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Lesser Hornero
- Described by
- Pelzeln, A, 1858
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Furnarius (Opetiorhynchus) minor
- Described by
- Pelzeln, A, 1858
- Type locality
- Rio Madeira, below the mouth of the Rio Mahissy.
- Original description
- Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe 31 p.321
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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