Steinbach's Canastero

Pseudasthenes steinbachi

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernEndemicInvertebratesShrublandDomed nestSmall · 20 g

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Steinbach's canastero is 15 to 16 cm (5.9 to 6.3 in) long and weighs 14 to 20 g (0.49 to 0.71 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a pale supercilium on an otherwise grayish brown face. Their crown and back are dull gray-brown, their rump chestnut, and their uppertail coverts rufous-chestnut. Their wings are mostly rufous with dark fuscous outer halves to the flight feathers. Their tail's inner feathers are blackish fuscous with rufescent outer webs and the outer two pairs entirely rufous or chestnut. Voice: Xeno-canto and the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's Macaulay Library have many recordings of the vocalizations of Steinbach's canastero, but they have not been described in words.

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When to see the Steinbach's Canastero

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Where to see the Steinbach's Canastero

Regular range

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About the Steinbach's Canastero

Steinbach's canastero or the chestnut canastero, is a species of bird in the Furnariinae subfamily of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is endemic to Argentina.

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