About the Maquis Canastero
The maquis canastero is a species of bird in the Furnariinae subfamily of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is found in Argentina and Bolivia.
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The maquis canastero is 16 to 17 cm (6.3 to 6.7 in) long and weighs 13 to 14 g (0.46 to 0.49 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a buff supercilium and eyering on an otherwise light brownish face. Their crown, back, and rump are rich brown and their uppertail coverts chestnut. Their wings are mostly rufous with dark fuscous tips on the flight feathers. Their tail's inner two pairs of feathers are longer than the others and dusky rufous; the rest are chestnut-rufous and progressively shorter. Voice: The maquis canastero's song is "a fast, accelerating series of squeaky notes". It also sings a longer "series of high, squeaky, strained notes, variable in length, accelerating and descending". Its apparent call is a "monotonic trill...'tuírrrr' ".
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What the Maquis Canastero sounds like
Where it lives
When to see it
Peak activity in October · a variable species across most of its range
Easily confused with
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).
Scribble-tailed CanasteroAsthenes maculicaudaThe scribble-tailed canastero is about 17 cm (6.7 in) long and weighs about 19 g (0.67 oz).
Hudson's CanasteroAsthenes hudsoniHudsons' canastero is about 18 cm (7.1 in) long.
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