Streak-throated Canastero (Asthenes humilis)

Family
Furnariidae (Ovenbirds)

Size
15 - 16.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Cabanis, 1873)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical high altitude grassland. From 2,750 - 4,800 m.

Range (Guide)

Bolivia, Peru.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
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Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (1)...)

Streak-throated Canastero (Asthenes humilis) [XC219145]
by Dan Lane from Juliaca area, Puno, Peru (song)

Streak-throated Canastero (Asthenes humilis) [XC263278]
by Niels Krabbe from Pongo, La Paz Department, Bolivia (call)

Subspecies
Specimens from interior Andes of Jun��n and Lima (Peru), with pinkish wash below, may represent an undescribed subspecies.

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

cajamarcae Zimmer, JT, 1936 - Andes of north-western Peru (southern Cajamarca).
humilis (Cabanis, 1873) - Andes of central Peru (La Libertad and Ancash south to Huancavelica and Ayacucho).
robusta (von Berlepsch, 1901) - Andes of southern Peru (Cuzco south to Puno) and northern Bolivia (La Paz, western Cochabamba).

References
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Files:

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