SHORT-BILLED CANASTERO Asthenes baeri
Looking for all the world like a spinetail, the Short-billed Canastero inhabits the driest, spiniest areas of the Chaco. Here he builds his domed nest out of the same thorny twigs that surround him, creating an impenetrable spiny fortress in which to raise his young. Canastero means "basket-maker" in Spanish, in reference to the nest, and as might be expected, the Canstero´s put all their eggs in one basket!
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FIGURE 1 - (FPAVE454PH) Adult, PN Tte Enciso, Departamento Boquerón (Paul Smith November 2010).
FIGURE 2 - (FPAVE455PH) Adult, PN Tte Enciso, Departamento Boquerón (Silvia Centrón July 2006).
FIGURE 3 - (FPAVE456PH) Same individual as (FPAVE455PH) frontal view (Silvia Centrón July 2006).
FIGURE 4 - (FPAVE2818PH) Nest, PN Tte Enciso, Departamento Boquerón (Paul Smith August 2011).
VIDEO- (FPAVE457VI) Same individual as (FPAVE454PH) singing (Paul Smith November 2010).
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Asthenes baeri
1 (FPAVE458RE) Response to playback  recorded Fortín Toledo, Departamento Presidente Hayes (Paul Smith March 2007).
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