Dec 6

Bird of the day

Dark-winged canastero

Asthenes arequipae

The dark-winged canastero, or Arequipa canastero, (Asthenes arequipae) is a species of bird in the Furnariinae subfamily of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is found in Bolivia, Chile, and Peru.

The dark-winged canastero is 14.5 to 16.5 cm (5.7 to 6.5 in) long and weighs 17.5 to 24 g (0.62 to 0.85 oz). It is a medium-sized canastero. The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a light gray supercilium and an indistinct brownish line behind the eye in an otherwise dull buff face. Their crown, nape, and back are medium to dark brown and their rump and uppertail coverts rufous brown. Their wing coverts are blackish with narrow rufous edges and their flight feathers blackish. Their tail's outermost pair of feathers are rufous and the rest blackish. The center of their throat is orange rufous. The sides of their throat, breast, and belly are creamy white, their flanks tawny rufous, and their undertail coverts rufous. Their iris is dark brown to light gray, their maxilla black or dark gray, their mandible blackish (often with a pinkish base), and their legs and feet blue-gray to black. Juveniles have an entirely white throat and faint dusky bars or mottling on the breast and belly.

Aliases

Dark-winged canastero

Range

Range map of Sooty barbthroat