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Pale-legged Hornero
Furnarius leucopus
(L 8" Wt 1.3 to 1.7 oz)
Birders and the IOC consider this
separate while the AOU considers this
the same as the Pacific Hornero.
Jorupe Preserve
14Feb2013
Birds may behave in curious, flashy and
startling ways, but they seek the same
basic things we do: food, shelter, safety,
companionship, a legacy.
(Noah Stryker)
Furnarius
in Greek means
oven house;
leucopus
is Greek
for
white foot
.
© Paul A.
Schwartz
Macaulay
Library
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