Canasteros are small birds of the treeline and above that skulk like sedge wrens, are shaped like pipits, and are active as gnatcatchers. We (briefly) encountered Many-striped last year, but this year Alex coaxed the less common relative (Streak-backed) from the grasses. There are a lot fewer photographs of this bird in the open on Google than most birds.
Aside from a mulberry throat, the birds are pretty much patterned in identical shades to the grasses they inhabit.
While a lot more subtle than the lower elevation toucans and tanagers I was excited to have learned and then seen this bird.
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