Pottery birds

Pottery birds
Pale foot potter ( Furnarius leucopus )
Systematics
Subclass : New-jawed birds (Neognathae) Order : Passerines (Passeriformes) Subordination : Screeching Birds (Tyranni) Partial order : Screaming birds of the New World (Tyrannides) without rank: Tracheophonic shrieking birds (Furnariida) Family : Pottery birds
Scientific name
Furnariidae
GR Gray , 1840

Rust potter's nest ( Furnarius rufus )

The pottery birds (Furnariidae) are a species-rich family in the order of the passerine birds (Passeriformes). The family comprises 222 species in 56 genera.

The distribution area extends from Mexico to South America . Pottery birds inhabit different biotopes . The plumage is usually rust-brown, brown or gray.

Nest building

They got their name because of the way the nests of some species are built. These are created on an elevated vantage point. Bit by bit, moist clay is dragged in over a period of around two weeks. Three walls are built on a pedestal, ending up in a closed roof. The entrance to the brood chamber is on the side. The outer walls are reinforced with blades of grass and the brood chamber is padded with grass. When finished, a nest can weigh up to five kilograms.

Genera and species (selection)

• Acrobatics
• Anabacerthia
• Anabaxenops
  • Collared Tree Scout ( Anabaxenops fuscus )
• Ancistrops
  • Hack-billed leaf scout ( Ancistrops strigilatus )
• Anumbius
• Aphrastura
  • Spiky tail panties ( Aphrastura spinicauda )
  • Island barbed panties ( Aphrastura masafuerae )
• Asthenes
  • Perija thistle tail ( Asthenes perijana )
• Automolus
  • White-throated tree scout ( Automolus ochrolaemus )
• Berlepschia
  • Palm climber ( Berlepschia rikeri )
• Certhiaxis
  • Red- cheeked panties ( Certhiaxis erythrops )
• Chilia
• Cichlocolaptes
  • Dark-headed leaf scout ( Cichlocolaptes mazarbarnetti )
• Shore rocker ( Cinclodes )
• Clibanornis
• Coryphistera
  • Bush walker ( Coryphistera alaudina )
• Cranioleuca
  • Light-crowned tree slip ( Cranioleuca albiceps )
  • La Paz tree slip ( Cranioleuca henricae )
  • Marcapata tree slip ( Cranioleuca marcapatae )
  • Santa Marta tree panties ( Cranioleuca hellmayri )
• Eremobius
• Furnarius
  • Rust potter or Lehmhans or potter bird ( Furnarius rufus )
  • Pale foot potter ( Furnarius leucopus )
  • Little Potter ( Furnarius minor )
  • Brown potter or pale- beak potter ( Furnarius torridus )
• Geobates
• Geositta
• Heliobletus
• Hellmayrea
• Hylocryptus
  • Western redwood scout ( Hylocryptus erythrocephalus )
• Hyloctistes
  • Razorback Forest Scout ( Hyloctistes subulatus )
• Leptasthenura
• Lochmias
  • Riverside sting tail ( Lochmias nematura )
• Margarornis
  • Southern pearl prickly tail ( Margarornis squamiger )
• Megaxenops
• Metopothrix
• Ochetorhynchus
• Oreophylax
• Phacellodomus
• Philydor
  • Ocher leaf scout ( Philydor dimidiatus )
  • Alagoas leaf scout ( Philydor novaesi )
  • Cinnamon leaf scout ( Philydor pyrrhodes )
• Phleocryptes
• Poecilurus
• Premnoplex
• Premnornis
• Pseudocolaptes
  • Andes' eared ear ( Pseudocolaptes boissonneautii )
  • Panama ear ( Pseudocolaptes lawrencii )
  • Pacific crested ear ( Pseudocolaptes johnsoni )
• Pseudoseisura
• Pygarrhichas
• Roraimia
• Sclerurus
  • Speckled Leaf Turners ( Sclerurus guatemalensis )
  • Rust-throated leaf turner ( Sclerurus mexicanus )
  • Cinnamon-leaf leaf turner ( Sclerurus rufigularis )
  • White-throated leaf turner ( Sclerurus caudacutus )
  • Gray-throated leaf turner ( Sclerurus albigularis )
• Schizoeaca
  • Spectacle thistle tail ( Schizoeaca palpebralis )
  • Ocher thistle tail ( Schizoeaca coryi )
  • Olive thistle tail ( Schizoeaca griseomurina )
  • Punadistletail ( Schizoeaca helleri )
  • Rust-throated thistle tail ( Schizoeaca vilcabambae )
  • Black thistle thistle tail ( Schizoeaca harterti )
  • White Chin Thistle Tail ( Schizoeaca fuliginosa )
• Schoeniophylax
• Simoxenops
  • Rough-billed leaf scout ( Simoxenops ucayalae )
• Siptornis
• Spartonoica
• Sylviorthorhynchus
  • Six-feather panties ( Sylviorthorhynchus desmursii )
• Synallaxis
  • Cinnamon panties ( Synallaxis cinnamomea )
• Syndactyla
• Thripophaga
  • Orinococanastero ( Thripophaga amacurensis )
• Thripadectes
• Upucerthia
• Xenerpestes
• Xenops
  • Sparrmansteigschnabel ( Xenops minutus )

literature

• Alexander Skutch: Antbirds and Ovenbirds: Their Lives and Homes (Corrie Herring Hooks Series) , 1996, ISBN 0292776993
• Joseph Forshaw (Ed.): Encyclopedia of Birds , 1999, ISBN 3828915574

Web links

Commons : Furnariidae  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Gonzalez J, Wink M (2010) Genetic differentiation of the Thorn-tailed Rayadito Aphrastura spinicauda (Furnariidae: Passeriformes) revealed by ISSR profiles suggests multiple palaeorefugia and high recurrent gene flow. Ibis . 152: 761-774.
2. ↑ Gonzalez J. (2014). Phylogenetic position of the most endangered Chilean bird: the Masafuera Rayadito ( Aphrastura masafuerae ; Furnariidae). Tropical Conservation Science . 7: 677-689.