Line-fronted Canastero Asthenes urubambensis Scientific name definitions

A large and heavily stripped canastero, the Line-fronted Canastero is found in the Andes of Peru and western Bolivia. The Line-fronted Canastero has rich brown upperparts with a conspicuous white supercilium, a pale breast, buffy belly, and rufous orange chin patch. As the name suggests, the Line-fronted Canastero has dark brown streaking across the face and breast. More arboreal than other species of canastero, the Line-fronted Canastero is found in Páramo grassland dotted with mossy scrub and bushes. These birds forage alone or in pairs, feeding on insects in low foliage or on mossy ground, occasionally making short-sally strikes to the underside of grass stems. Although not considered globally threatened, their population is thought to be declining in parts of the range due to habitat degradation caused by grazing, burning and firewood collecting.

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