Sharp-billed Canastero

Asthenes pyrrholeuca

Least Concern

The Sharp-billed Canastero is a canastero of open scrub and grassland in Argentina and Chile. It keeps low in grass and scrub, creeping through cover for insects with its tail often cocked. Fun fact: The family is named for the horneros, which build sturdy oven-shaped nests out of mud.

Family

Furnariidae

Group

Ovenbirds and Woodcreepers

Range

Sharp-billed Canastero Range — Open scrub and grassland of Argentina and Chile

Population

≈ Not quantified

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