Bird Guide

Cipo Canastero

Asthenes luizae

Near ThreatenedEndemicInvertebratesShrublandDomed nestSmall · 28 g

About the Cipo Canastero

The Cipo canastero is a Near Threatened species of bird in the Furnariinae subfamily of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is endemic to Brazil.

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The Cipo canastero is about 17 cm (6.7 in) long and weighs 25.5 to 30.5 g (0.90 to 1.1 oz). It has a rather short bill and a medium-length tail. The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have narrow whitish supercilium and a dark brown or blackish brown line through the eye on an otherwise gray-brown face with fine blackish streaks. Their crown is warm brown and their back and rump grayish brown. Their wings are mostly dull dark brown with whitish brown edges on some flight feathers. Their tail's innermost pair of feathers are dark brown and the rest chestnut-rufous. Voice: The Cipo canastero's song is a "descending series of about 12 notes 'tseeptseep---' ". Its call is a "high 'tjip' ".

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Where the Cipo Canastero lives

Regular range

When to see the Cipo Canastero

Peak activity in October · a resident species across most of its range

Easily confused with

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