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Photo by BirdsPeru
Photographed in Peru
Asthenes modesta

Identification

  • Brown upperparts
  • Grey head
  • Pale underparts
  • Dull streaked breast
  • Brown tail, rufous edging
  • White supercilium

Distribution

Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Peru

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Photo by Gary Clark
Location: El Infernillo area above Taffi del Valle, Argentina.

Taxonomy

There are 8 subspecies.

Habitat

Grasslands and rocky scrub.

Behaviour

References

  1. Wikipedia
  2. Arthur Grosset

External Links


This link searches for Cordilleran Canastero under the Chilean name of Canastero Chico

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