The line-fronted canastero (''Asthenes urubambensis'') is a
Near Threatened
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species of
bird
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in the Furnariinae subfamily of the ovenbird
family
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Furnariidae. It is found in
Bolivia
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and
Peru
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Taxonomy and systematics
The line-fronted canastero has two subspecies, the nominate
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In th ...
''A. u. urubambensis'' (Chapman
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, 1919) and ''A. u. huallagae'' ( Zimmer 1924).[
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Description
The line-fronted canastero is long and weighs . It is a large canastero with a narrow spiny tail. The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies have a conspicuous whitish supercilium
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that widens past the eye on an otherwise light brownish face with narrow dark brown streaks. Their forehead ("front") is dark brown with well-defined golden-brown stripes that fade on the brown crown. Their hindneck and upperparts are rich brown, the former with blurry light brown streaks that fade on the upper back and pale streaks on the uppertail coverts
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. Their wings are rich brown with dark