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The line-fronted canastero is 17 to 18 cm (6.7 to 7.1 in) long and weighs 16 to 20 g (0.56 to 0.71 oz). It is a large canastero with a narrow spiny tail. The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies have a conspicuous whitish supercilium that widens past the eye on an otherwise light brownish face with narrow dark brown streaks. Their forehead ("front") is dark brown with well-defined golden-brown stripes that fade on the brown crown. Voice: The line-fronted canastero's song is "an ascending trill"; its call is "a high 'tseut' ".
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When to see the Line-fronted Canastero
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 11 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Line-fronted Canastero
The map shades 2 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Line-fronted Canastero
The line-fronted canastero is a Near Threatened species of bird in the Furnariinae subfamily of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is found in Bolivia and Peru.
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Easily confused with
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).
Junin CanasteroAsthenes virgataThe Junin canastero is about 17.5 to 18 cm (6.9 to 7.1 in) long; one specimens weighed 22 g (0.78 oz).
Hudson's CanasteroAsthenes hudsoniHudsons' canastero is about 18 cm (7.1 in) long.
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