Cactus Canastero

Pseudasthenes cactorum

Least Concern

The Cactus Canastero is a canastero of open scrub and grassland in Peru. It keeps low in grass and scrub, creeping through cover for insects with its tail often cocked. Fun fact: Many members of this family build extraordinary nests, from mud ovens to huge stick castles and tunnels dug in earth banks.

Family

Furnariidae

Group

Ovenbirds and Woodcreepers

Range

Cactus Canastero Range — Open scrub and grassland of Peru

Population

≈ Not quantified

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