Canyon Canastero (Asthenes pudibunda)

Family
Furnariidae (Ovenbirds)

Size
17 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Sclater, 1874)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical high altitude shrubland. From 2,400 - 3,700 m, occasionally up to 4,000 m.

Range (Guide)

Chile, Peru.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files

Canyon Canastero (Asthenes pudibunda) [XC740372]
by id from Putre, Parinacota Province, Arica y Parinacota, Chile (song)

Canyon Canastero (Asthenes pudibunda) [XC219159]
by Heraldo V. Norambuena from Santa Eulalia Valley, Lima, Peru (song)

Subspecies
Plumage similarities have suggested to some authors that this is the sister-species to Rusty-fronted Canastero (Asthenes ottonis) and others have proposed that the two form a superspecies with Maquis Canastero (Asthenes heterura), or that latter is a subspecies of one or other of them. Plumage differences of subspecies grisior possibly due to clinal variation. Further study is needed.

Proposed subspecies saturata, described from western Peru, considered indistinguishable from neglecta.

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

neglecta (Cory, 1916) - North-western Peru in western Andes (La Libertad, Ancash).
pudibunda (Sclater, 1874) - Western Peru in western Andes (Lima).
grisior Koepcke, 1961 - Andes of south-western Peru (Huancavelica to Tacna) and northern Chile (Tarapac�).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Canyon Canastero (Asthenes pudibunda) - 10 files

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