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GrasslandSmall · 22 g
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The Junin canastero is about 17.5 to 18 cm (6.9 to 7.1 in) long; one specimens weighed 22 g (0.78 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a narrow buff supercilium on an otherwise ochraceous brown face. Their crown is black with orange brown streaks. Their nape and upper back are black with pale buff streaks. Their lower back, rump, and uppertail coverts are medium brown or olive brown with black and buff streaks. Their wing coverts are olive brown with black and buff streaks. Voice: The Junin canastero's song is "a dry, accelerating, descending trill sometimes with a stuttering quality: tzree-tzree-tzree'ti'ti'ti'ti-ti'ti'ti-ti'ti'ti-ti'ti'tu". Its calls include "a 'mewing ... tuuuiit' and, in alarm, a complaining eek".
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When to see the Junin Canastero
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Junin Canastero
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About the Junin Canastero
The Junin 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
Itatiaia SpinetailAsthenes moreiraeThe Itatiaia spinetail is 18 to 19 cm (7.1 to 7.5 in) long and weighs 10 to 11 g (0.35 to 0.39 oz).
Mouse-colored ThistletailAsthenes griseomurinaThe mouse-colored thistletail is 18 to 21 cm (7.1 to 8.3 in) long and weighs 15.5 to 19 g (0.55 to 0.67 oz).
Puna ThistletailAsthenes helleriThe puna thistletail is 17 to 18.5 cm (6.7 to 7.3 in) long and weighs 13 to 17 g (0.46 to 0.60 oz).
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