Typical Canasteros and Thistletails
Asthenes
Canasteros and thistletails are the small passerine birds of South America belonging to the genus Asthenes. Canastero is Spanish for 'basket-maker', referring to the large, domed nests these species make of sticks or grass. They inhabit shrublands and grasslands in temperate climates from the lowlands to the highlands. They feed on insects and other invertebrates gleaned from the ground or the low vegetation.
29 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 29 known species
Short-billed Canastero
speciesAsthenes baeri
Cordilleran Canastero
speciesAsthenes modesta
Sharp-billed Canastero
speciesAsthenes pyrrholeuca
Rusty-vented Canastero
speciesAsthenes dorbignyi
Many-striped Canastero
speciesAsthenes flammulata
Streak-backed Canastero
speciesAsthenes wyatti
Austral Canastero
speciesAsthenes anthoides
White-chinned Thistletail
speciesAsthenes fuliginosa
Hudson's Canastero
speciesAsthenes hudsoni
Streak-throated Canastero
speciesAsthenes humilis
Itatiaia Spinetail
speciesAsthenes moreirae
Dark-winged Canastero
speciesAsthenes arequipae
Rusty-fronted Canastero
speciesAsthenes ottonis
Scribble-tailed Canastero
speciesAsthenes maculicauda
Black-throated Thistletail
speciesAsthenes harterti
Puna Thistletail
speciesAsthenes helleri
Junín Canastero
speciesAsthenes virgata
Mouse-colored Thistletail
speciesAsthenes griseomurina
Cipó Canastero
speciesAsthenes luizae
Canyon Canastero
speciesAsthenes pudibunda
Line-fronted Canastero
speciesAsthenes urubambensis
Pale-tailed Canastero
speciesAsthenes huancavelicae
Perijá Thistletail
speciesAsthenes perijana
Eye-ringed Thistletail
speciesAsthenes palpebralis
Maquis Canastero
speciesAsthenes heterura
Berlepsch's Canastero
speciesAsthenes berlepschi
Vilcabamba Thistletail
speciesAsthenes vilcabambae
Ayacucho Thistletail
speciesAsthenes ayacuchensis
Ochre-browed Thistletail
speciesAsthenes coryi
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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