Many-striped Canastero

Asthenes flammulata

Least Concern

The Many-striped Canastero is a canastero of open scrub and grassland in Ecuador, Colombia, and 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

Many-striped Canastero Range — Open scrub and grassland of Ecuador, Colombia, and Peru

Population

≈ Not quantified

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