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The cactus canastero is 13 to 14 cm (5.1 to 5.5 in) long and weighs 16 to 19 g (0.56 to 0.67 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a pale buff supercilium, fuscous lores and stripe behind the eye, and dull buff ear coverts. Their crown and upperparts are uniform plain dull brown. Their wing coverts are mostly dull rufous and their flight feathers dull fuscous with a rufous patch that shows as a band on the closed wing. Voice: The cactus canastero's song is "a weak, dry trill lasting up to 6 seconds" and its call a "low-pitched, fast, dry trill" that is often repeated.
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When to see the Cactus Canastero
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is May, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Cactus Canastero
The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Cactus Canastero
The cactus canastero is a species of bird in the Furnariinae subfamily of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is endemic to Peru.
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Easily confused with
Steinbach's CanasteroPseudasthenes steinbachiSteinbach's canastero is 15 to 16 cm (5.9 to 6.3 in) long and weighs 14 to 20 g (0.49 to 0.71 oz).
Patagonian CanasteroPseudasthenes patagonicaThe Patagonian canastero is 14 to 15 cm (5.5 to 5.9 in) long and weighs 14 to 19 g (0.49 to 0.67 oz).
Dusky-tailed CanasteroPseudasthenes humicolaThe dusky-tailed canastero is 14 to 16 cm (5.5 to 6.3 in) long and weighs 18 to 24 g (0.63 to 0.85 oz).
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