Austral canastero
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| Species: | A. anthoides
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| Asthenes anthoides (King, 1831)
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The austral canastero (Asthenes anthoides) is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family, the ovenbirds. It is found in southern Argentina and northern regions of Tierra del Fuego; the range extends northwestwards into southern Chile, as a migration region in the austral winter. In Chile it is mostly a non-breeding bird, except on the eastern border with Argentina, in the Andean cordillera where it is a resident breeder.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and temperate grassland.
The name "canastero" comes from Spanish and means "basket-maker", referring to the species' large, domed nests made of sticks or grass.
References
External links
- Austral canastero photo gallery VIREO
- Photo-High Res & Article; Photo-Medium Res avesdechile
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