‖ hornero
(orˈnero)
[Sp., baker.]
A South American bird of the genus Furnarius, esp. F. rufus; also called baker-bird, oven-bird.
| 1880 E. Gibson in Ibis IV. 16 Furnarius Rufus. (Red Oven-Bird) Native name ‘Hornero’... This species is..probably one of the best-known of our Buenos-Ayrean birds. 1911 J. A. Thomson Biol. Seasons ii. 163 A master⁓piece along the line illustrated by swallow and martin is the nest of some of the South American oven-birds (Furnarius)—for instance, of that species (F. rufus) which is called the ‘hornero’ or baker. 1956 G. Durrell Drunken Forest i. 21 The oven-bird appears to have more than his fair share of personality and charm... An elderly peon..solemnly told me that he would never harm an hornero. 1970 R. Meyer de Schauensee Guide to Birds S. Amer. 201 The name ‘ovenbirds’ has often been applied to this family [sc. Furnariidæ] because of the oven-like mud nests built by horneros. |