Genus: Asthenes
Description
The name Canastero mean basket-weaver because the nests of these birds do remind of a basket. These Ovenbirds tend to run around with relatively long tails raised vertically.
Taxonomy
Asthenes is a genus in the Family Furnariidae.
Four species were moved from this genus to the genus Pseudasthenes in 2010.[1][2]
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|---|---|---|---|
| A. dorbignyi | Creamy-breasted Canastero | ||
| A. berlepschi | Berlepsch's Canastero | ||
| A. baeri | Short-billed Canastero | ||
| A. luizae | Cipo Canastero | ||
| A. hudsoni | Hudson's Canastero | ||
| A. anthoides | Austral Canastero | ||
| A. urubambensis | Line-fronted Canastero | ||
| A. flammulata | Many-striped Canastero | ||
| A. virgata | Junin Canastero | ||
| A. maculicauda | Scribble-tailed Canastero | ||
| A. wyatti | Streak-backed Canastero | ||
| A. humilis | Streak-throated Canastero | ||
| A. modesta | Cordilleran Canastero | ||
| A. moreirae | Itatiaia Spinetail | ||
| A. pyrrholeuca | Sharp-billed Canastero | ||
| A. harterti | Black-throated Thistletail | ||
| A. helleri | Puna Thistletail | ||
| A. ayacuchensis | Ayacucho Thistletail | ||
| A. vilcabambae | Vilcabamba Thistletail | ||
| A. pudibunda | Canyon Canastero | ||
| A. ottonis | Rusty-fronted Canastero | ||
| A. heterura | Maquis Canastero | ||
| A. palpebralis | Eye-ringed Thistletail | ||
| A. coryi | Ochre-browed Thistletail | ||
| A. perijana | Perija Thistletail | ||
| A. fuliginosa | White-chinned Thistletail | ||
| A. griseomurina | Mouse-colored Thistletail | ||
References
- Clements, JF. 2010. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2010. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/Clements%206.5.xls/view
- Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2010. IOC World Bird Names (version 2.7). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.
- Alvaro Jaramillo. 2003. Birds of Chile. Princeton Field Guides. ISBN 0-691-11740-3
- BirdForum thread discussing the splitting of this genus.
Pages in category ‘Asthenes’
The following 27 pages are in this category, out of 27 total.
