Cordilleran Canastero - Rutger Koperdraad
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Date

Location

Rumbo al Bosque de Polylepis de Tauripampa (-12.61129, -76.12065)
Lima, Peru
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Map
Map Coordinates: -12.611294, -76.120654
Age
Not specified
Sex
Not specified
Tags
Habitat

Media notes

Habitat photo, but the bird is visible in the middle of the photo, perched on top of the rock.

Observation details

Seen from the car. My own photograph was taken through the front window and are therefore not very sharp. Antonio has better photos. Note the unstreaked back, which distinguishes Cordilleran from Streak-throated Canastero. The tail does not show any rufous on my photo, but that seems to be due to its lack of sharpness, because on Antonio's photos it does. It appears that the two species are much more similar than the field guide of Schulenberg et al. suggests, and that Cordilleran Canastero is hardly any paler than Streak-throated. This species did not have any documented records on eBird yet for the department of Lima and it is possible that a good portion of the undocumented records concern misidentifications.

Technical information

Model
COOLPIX P1000
Lens
4.3-539.0 mm f/2.8-8.0
ISO
100
Focal length
26.1 mm
Flash
Flash did not fire
f-stop
f/4.0
Shutter speed
1/1600 sec
Dimensions
2494 pixels x 1871 pixels
Original file size
2.47 MB