Rufous Hornero

Where to see

Rufous Hornero

Furnarius rufus

Iberá National Park leads · 12 parks ranked by real sighting rates

Parks Ranked

Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Rufous Hornero during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)

#ParkCountrySighting
1 Iberá National Park 🇦🇷 Argentina
~80%
2 El Palmar National Park 🇦🇷 Argentina
~70%
3 Chapada dos Guimarães National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~70%
4 El Impenetrable National Park 🇦🇷 Argentina
~60%
5 Iguazú National Park 🇦🇷 Argentina
~50%
6 Iguaçu National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~40%
7 Amboró National Park 🇧🇴 Bolivia
~40%
8 Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas 🇧🇷 Brazil
~40%
9 Emas National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~40%
10 Tijuca National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~30%
11 Serra da Canastra National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~30%
12 Chapada Diamantina National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~20%

Before you go

Which is the best park to see a Rufous Hornero?

Iberá National Park

In Iberá National Park, Argentina, about 80% of wildlife watchers report a Rufous Hornero sighting on a given day, the highest of the 12 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see a Rufous Hornero?

It depends on the park

In the top parks, the best months are December in Iberá National Park (about 90%), February–March, July, September and December in El Palmar National Park (about 80%) and June in Chapada dos Guimarães National Park (about 80%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Rufous Hornero on a given day. Each park's Rufous Hornero page has the full month-by-month chart.