#1392 · 🐦 birds
Rufous Hornero
🇳🇱 Rosse Ovenvogel ·Furnarius rufus
📍 San Jeronimo Nte., Santa Fe, Argentina
📍 San José de Carrasco, Ciudad de la Costa, Canelones Department, Uruguay
📍 San Jerónimo, Santa Fe, Argentina
📍 Gualeguaychú, Entre Ríos, Argentina
📍 Las Colonias, Santa Fe, Argentina
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Ron Knight · CC BY 4.0
- 2. © Nelson Wisnik · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Adry · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 4. © Sergey Pisarevskiy · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 5. © Leandro Bareiro Guiñazú · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. San Jeronimo Nte., Santa Fe, Argentina:© Gustavo Fernando Durán · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 7. San José de Carrasco, Ciudad de la Costa, Canelones Department, Uruguay:© Leo Lagos · CC BY 4.0
- 8. San Jerónimo, Santa Fe, Argentina:© Pablo H Capovilla · CC BY 4.0
- 9. Gualeguaychú, Entre Ríos, Argentina:© no rights reserved · CC0
- 10. Las Colonias, Santa Fe, Argentina:© Andrés Pautasso · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
The rufous hornero ( Furnarius rufus ) is a medium-sized ovenbird in the family Furnariidae. It occurs in eastern South America, and is the national bird of Argentina and Uruguay. Also known as the red ovenbird , it is common in savannas, second-growth scrub, pastures and agricultural land and is synanthropic. Its range includes southeastern and southern Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay and northern and central Argentina, extending as far south as northern Patagonia. The species is most closely related...
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 26,031 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Weighs only about 53 g.
- Scientifically named by Johann Friedrich Gmelin in 1788 (238 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Rufous Hornero
- Nederlands
- Rosse Ovenvogel
- scientific name
- Furnarius rufus
- class
- Aves
- order
- Passeriformes
- family
- Furnariidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 26,031
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- 53 g
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1788 by Johann Friedrich Gmelin
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 11275, Wikidata Q852731, GBIF 2485821, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.