Rufous hornero

Rufous Hornero

The rufous hornero (Furnarius rufus) is a kind of bird that lives around South America. It builds its nests on high places such as telephone poles, or trees. When it makes a nest, it looks like a cup that has fallen over to the side, or like an old-fashioned baker's oven. To make it, the Rufous Hornero mixes grass and animal hair and mud, and then leaves it to dry. Inside there is a grassy room where it lays its eggs.

Rufous Hornero Media

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  Rufous hornero drawn by François-Nicolas Martinet sometime before 1780 for the book Histoire Naturelle.