Furnarius leucopus
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In 3 days ~70% in a week >90%
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. The pale-legged hornero's taxonomy is unsettled. The International Ornithological Committee (IOC), BirdLife International's Handbook of the Birds of the World (HBW), and the Clements taxonomy assign it these four subspecies:
The IOC, HBW, and Clements treat cinnamomeus as the species Pacific hornero and the other two as the Caribbean hornero. Early authors (e.g. Chapman) had treated them separately. The SACC accepts that cinnamomeus may deserve species rank but declined to make the split due to "insufficient published data".
Some authors have treated what is now the pale-billed hornero (F. torridus) as a subspecies of the pale-legged... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Machalilla National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 3 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 4 | Tambopata National Reserve | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 5 | Podocarpus National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 6 | Amacayacu National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 7 | Chapada Diamantina National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pairi Daiza | 🇧🇪 Belgium |
Likely
About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Pale-legged Hornero sighting in Machalilla National Park on a given day, based on 316 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 18th most-seen of the 248 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 70%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April
In that month about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Pale-legged Hornero in Machalilla National Park on a given day, against about 20% in November, the lowest month. That is one of Machalilla National Park's wettest months, with about 60 mm of rain against 5 mm in September.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Pale-legged Hornero sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
2nd of 7
Of the 7 parks where we can rate Pale-legged Hornero sightings, Machalilla National Park ranks 2nd at about 40%. The best odds are in Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas (Brazil, about 50%).
Same family: Furnariidae
The closest relatives of the Pale-legged Hornero that you can see in Machalilla National Park (family Furnariidae, Ovenbirds and Woodcreepers) are Streak-headed Woodcreeper (about 30%), Necklaced Spinetail (about 20%) and Olivaceous Woodcreeper (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Pale-legged Hornero is recorded against all the birds logged in Machalilla National Park (316 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
