Hudson’s Canastero

Hudson's canastero (Asthenes hudsoni) is a Near Threatened species of bird in the Furnariinae subfamily of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is found in grasslands in Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay. == Taxonomy and systematics == Hudson's canastero is monotypic. It and the similar austral canastero (A. anthoides) are sister species that form part of groups of striped canasteros adapted to grasslands. The English name and specific epithet of Hudson's canastero honor the Argentine-British naturalist and author William Henry Hudson. == Description == Hudsons' canastero is about 18 cm (7.1 in) long. It is one of several streaked canasteros that have drab plumages with dark stripes on their upperparts. It has a long bill. The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have narrow pale buff supercilium on an otherwise sandy brownish face. Their crown and upperparts are sandy brown with conspicuous blackish and silvery streaks. Their wing's greater coverts are dark brown with whitish tips and their median and lesser coverts dark brown with wide rufous edges. Their flight feathers are dark fuscous with whitish-tawny bases on the primaries and tawny-rufous bases on the secondaries. Their tail is dusky with conspicuous silvery buff edges to the feathers. Their chin is whitish…