Pale-legged Hornero

Pale-legged HorneroThis ovenbird-family species occurs in northwestern South America, including Peru. A nest was studied in Peruvian floodplain forest.What does it look like?In northwestern Peru the belly is buffish, while birds in the Amazonian region have a light rufous belly.How does it live?This ovenbird-family species occurs in northwestern South America, including Peru. A nest was studied in Peruvian floodplain forest.A study in southeastern Peru recorded a pair nesting in floodplain forest near a river. Both parents fed nestlings, and the mud nest projected over water from a tree.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.