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Sharp billed canastero

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Passeriformes

Genus
  
Asthenes

Higher classification
  
Canastero

Phylum
  
Chordata

Family
  
Furnariidae

Scientific name
  
Asthenes pyrrholeuca

Rank
  
Species

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Similar
  
Canastero, Short‑billed canastero, Plain‑mantled tit‑spinetail, Cordilleran canastero, Patagonian canastero

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The sharp-billed canastero or lesser canastero (Asthenes pyrrholeuca) is a species of bird in the family Furnariidae, the ovenbirds.

The sharp-billed canastero is a resident breeding species in central and southern Argentina and the eastern border Andean cordillera of Chile; some birds migrate north as far as the southwest border of Paraguay, the southern border region of Bolivia, and western Uruguay, in the austral winter. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland, and temperate grassland. Two subspecies are recognized:

  • A. p. pyrrholeuca (Vieillot, 1817) - Argentina
  • A. p. sordida (Lesson, 1839) - Chile and Argentina
  • References

    Sharp-billed canastero Wikipedia