Species profile
Sharp-billed Canastero
Asthenes pyrrholeuca
Quick answer
breeds in Chile and Argentina and overwinters in northern Argentina, Bolivia and Paraguay (Remsen Jr., 2003). In Brazil, it is possible that it occurs only occasionally when flying in its austral migration. There are three records for RS, but only one of them is documented. There are doubts as to whether the species uses the extreme western RS as a wintering ground (Repenning & Fontana, 2008).
- Scientific name
- Asthenes pyrrholeuca
- Family
- Furnariidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Genus
- Asthenes
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
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Related species in Furnariidae
- Alagoas Foliage-gleaner (Philydor novaesi)
- Amazonian Barred Woodcreeper (Dendrocolaptes certhia)
- Andean Tit-spinetail (Leptasthenura andicola)
- Apurimac Spinetail (Synallaxis courseni)
- Araguaia Spinetail (Synallaxis simoni)
- Araucaria Tit-Spinetail (Leptasthenura setaria)
- Ash-browed Spinetail (Cranioleuca curtata)
- Austral Canastero (Asthenes anthoides)