Steinbach's canastero

Steinbach's canastero
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 650–3,000 m (2,130–9,840 ft) above sea-level.

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