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Proposed Argentine subspecies leptasthenuroides (of which affinis is a synonym), described from Tucumán, and flavogularis, from Bahia Blanca (Buenos Aires) and Santa Cruz, represent seasonal plumage variation within subspecies sordida and nominate, respectively.

The following 4 subspecies are recognised:

• sordida (Lesson, R, 1839)   -  Breeds central and southern Chile (Aconcagua south to Aisén, also sight records from Magallanes) and west-central Argentina (southern Mendoza, Neuquén, western Rí­o Negro); some migrate north to north-western Argentina and southern Bolivia.
• affinis Berlepsch, 1906   -  Central Argentina and Chile. Winters to Bolivia and Paraguay.
• pyrrholeuca (Vieillot, 1817)   -  Breeds central and southern Argentina (south-western Santiago del Estero, north-eastern Córdoba, and from southern La Pampa and south-western Buenos Aires south to central Santa Cruz; some migrate north to eastern and north-eastern Argentina and southern Paraguay.
• flavogularis Gould, 1839   -  Eastern and southern Argentina (Buenos Aires to Santa Cruz).

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