Short-billed Canastero

The Short-billed Canastero is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

The Short-billed Canastero (Asthenes baeri) is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry shrubland. References - * BirdLife International 2004. Asthenes baeri. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 25 July 2007. Stub icon This article about an ovenbird is a stub. More

confused with Short-billed Canastero, though the confusion is more likely to arise in the similarity of the names than the similarity of the birds! Sharp-billed does not cock the tail and is much the more likely canastero in eastern Paraguay during the austral winter, when it visits us from the Southern Cone of South America. Click on the images to enlarge them.FIGURE 1 - Adult ventral, Yacyreta, Departamento Misiones (Arne Lesterhuis August 2007). FIGURE 2 - Same individual dorsal (Arne Lesterhuis August 2007). More