Steinbach's Canastero

Steinbach's Canastero
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Furnariidae
Genus: Pseudasthenes
Species: P. steinbachi
Binomial name
Pseudasthenes steinbachi
(Hartert, 1909)

Steinbach's Canastero or Chestnut Canastero (Pseudasthenes steinbachi) is a species of bird in the canastero genus Asthenes in the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is endemic to western Argentina. Its natural habitat is steep valleys in subtropical high-altitude shrubland from 650-3000 metres above sea-level.

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