Dusky-tailed Canastero Asthenes humicola

Chilean name: Canastero

Dusky-tailed  Canastero, La Campana N.P., Chile, January 2007 - click for larger image La Campana National Park, Chile
January 2007

The Dusky-tailed Canastero is distributed in Chile from south-west Antofagasta to Malleco. It is one of the few Chilean endemics although there is an old record from Argentina that might be valid.
Dusky-tailed  Canastero, La Campana N.P., Chile, January 2007 - click for larger image It is found in arid and semi-arid scrub from sea-level to about 1,200 metres which as approximately the elevation at which these photos were taken.

The tail is blackish and it has a whitish supercilium and dark eye-line. The wings are dark brown with a rufous shoulder and the throat and breast are grey with dark streaks.
Dusky-tailed  Canastero, La Campana N.P., Chile, January 2007 - click for larger image There are recordings and a distribution map on xeno-canto.
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