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GrasslandScrapeSmall · 19 g
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Hudsons' canastero is about 18 cm (7.1 in) long. It is one of several streaked canasteros that have drab plumages with dark stripes on their upperparts. It has a long bill. The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have narrow pale buff supercilium on an otherwise sandy brownish face. Their crown and upperparts are sandy brown with conspicuous blackish and silvery streaks. Their wing's greater coverts are dark brown with whitish tips and their median and lesser coverts dark brown with wide rufous edges. Voice: The song of Hudson's canastero is "a short ascending trill". Its call has not been described.
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When to see the Hudson's Canastero
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 10 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is November, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Hudson's Canastero
The map shades 2 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Hudson's Canastero
Hudson's canastero is a Near Threatened species of bird in the Furnariinae subfamily of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is found in grasslands in Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay.
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Easily confused with
Scribble-tailed CanasteroAsthenes maculicaudaThe scribble-tailed canastero is about 17 cm (6.7 in) long and weighs about 19 g (0.67 oz).
Black-throated ThistletailAsthenes hartertiThe black-throated thistletail is 17 to 18 cm (6.7 to 7.1 in) long and weighs 12 to 14 g (0.42 to 0.49 oz).
Perija ThistletailAsthenes perijanaThe Perija thistletail is 19 to 22 cm (7.5 to 8.7 in) long and weighs 16 to 21 g (0.56 to 0.74 oz).
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