Cordilleran Canastero

Cordilleran CanasteroThis ground-dwelling bird is about 16 cm long and occurs in Argentina’s shrub steppes and rocky slopes. Adults have a yellow to orange throat spot, which juveniles lack.What does it look like?At about 16 cm, it is brown with a pale eyebrow and reddish wing band. Adults have a yellow-orange throat spot; juveniles lack it.How does it live?This ground-dwelling bird is about 16 cm long and occurs in Argentina’s shrub steppes and rocky slopes. Adults have a yellow to orange throat spot, which juveniles lack.It walks alone on the ground in shrub steppe, ravines and rocky slopes, with its tail slightly raised. Its diet is presumed to be mainly insects, and it is reported to nest in rock gaps.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.