Scribble-tailed Canastero

Asthenes maculicauda

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesGrasslandDomed nestSmall · 19 g

What the Scribble-tailed Canastero sounds like

Sonogram of the Scribble-tailed Canastero: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Belén y Diego · Uncertain · Valle Colorado, Valle Grande, Jujuy, Argentina · CC0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Scribble-tailed Canastero: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Belén y Diego · Uncertain · Valle Colorado, Valle Grande, Jujuy, Argentina · CC0 · via xeno-canto

ID tip

The scribble-tailed canastero is about 17 cm (6.7 in) long and weighs about 19 g (0.67 oz). It is a large canastero with a unique pattern on its long tail's pointed feathers. The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a faint pale supercilium and a dark brown stripe behind the eye on an otherwise buffy face. Their forehead is rufous that blends to a blackish brown crown with rufescent buff streaks. Their hindcrown and nape are dark brown with buff streaks and their back and rump are also dark brown but with wider buff streaks. Voice: The scribble-tailed canastero's song is "a series of 'tree' notes that end in fast, descending trill". Its call is "a rising whistled 'tuuuiit' or 'tooeee' ".

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When to see the Scribble-tailed 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 Scribble-tailed Canastero

Regular range

The map shades 3 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Scribble-tailed Canastero

The scribble-tailed canastero is a species of bird in the Furnariinae subfamily of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, and Peru.

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