Birds of Brazil - Asthenes

Genus Asthenes, Canasteros and Thistletails, are small insect-eating brownish birds with thin and long tails, and generally found at high altitudes. Canastero means 'basket-maker', and describes the nest.


Short-billed Canastero (Asthenes baeri) Santa Fé, Argentina
Photograph by Marco Cruz © All Rights Reserved.


Hudson's Canastero (Asthenes hudsoni) Near Threatened San Clemente, Argentina
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Cipo Canastero (Asthenes luizae) Near Threatened ENDEMIC Lapinha da Serra, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Photograph by Rodrigo Conte © All Rights Reserved.


Itatiaia Spinetail (Asthenes moreirae) ENDEMIC Pico de Caledonia, Brazil
Photograph by Nigel Voaden © All Rights Reserved.

Named a Spinetail, but genetically a Canastero/Thistletail.

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