Scribble-tailed Canastero

The Scribble-tailed 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 Scribble-tailed Canastero (Asthenes maculicauda) is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, and Peru. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland. References - * BirdLife International 2004. Asthenes maculicauda. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 25 July 2007. Stub icon This article about an ovenbird is a stub. More

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Scribble-tailed Canastero can be seen around the edges and lower down. Line-fronted Canastero in Polylepis right at the top adn Puna Tapacula between boulders. The main target was the Ash-breasted Tit-Tyrant. I missed this on my 1st trip but found a group on a 3rd level and my second trip. Instead of walking up to the Polylepis from the top of the second waterfall, walk along the right side of the stream. More

Paramo Pipit and Scribble-tailed Canastero could also be found along the rocky slopes above 3000 m. From El Infiernillo pass we’ll descend along the west face of the Cumbres Calchaquíes, and from here we´ll start to look for another endemic: Steinbach´s Canastero. We’ll notice how the habitat changes almost immediately, becoming drier. The ravines and rocky walls here host Greenish Yellow-finch and Black-winged Ground-dove. Further down there are ‘forests’ of columnar cacti and open shrubland, known as the Monte desert. More

Order : Passeriformes
Family : Furnariidae
Genus : Asthenes
Species : maculicauda
Authority : (Berlepsch, 1901)