About the Cordilleran Canastero
The cordilleran canastero is a species of bird in the Furnariinae subfamily of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Peru.
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The cordilleran canastero is 15 to 16 cm (5.9 to 6.3 in) long and weighs 13 to 22 g (0.46 to 0.78 oz). It is one of the smaller canasteros. The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies A. m. modesta have a narrow light buff-brown supercilium, dark brownish lores, brownish ear coverts, and a whitish buff-brown malar region with darker brown streaks. Their crown, nape, back, rump, and uppertail coverts are dull dark brown, though the back is paler and sandier in the southern part of the species' range. Voice: The cordilleran canastero's song is "an ascending fast trill that ends abruptly". It also makes a "more complex trill with introductory notes". Its calls are "a short, low 'pyup' or 'tjit' ".
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Where the Cordilleran Canastero lives
When to see the Cordilleran Canastero
Peak activity in November · a resident species across most of its range
Easily confused with
Sharp-billed CanasteroAsthenes pyrrholeucaThe sharp-billed canastero is 14 to 15 cm (5.5 to 5.9 in) long and weighs 12 to 14 g (0.42 to 0.49 oz).
Many-striped CanasteroAsthenes flammulataThe many-striped canastero is 16 to 17 cm (6.3 to 6.7 in) long and weighs 17 to 27 g (0.60 to 0.95 oz).
Short-billed CanasteroAsthenes baeriThe short-billed canastero is 14 to 15 cm (5.5 to 5.9 in) long and weighs 10 to 18 g (0.35 to 0.63 oz).
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