Pseudasthenes

Pseudasthenes
Dusky-tailed canastero (Pseudasthenes humicola)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Furnariidae
Genus: Pseudasthenes
Derryberry et al., 2010[1]
Type species
Synallaxis patagonica
Patagonian canastero
D'Orbigny, 1839
Species

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Pseudasthenes is a genus of small suboscine passerine birds, commonly known as canasteros or false canasteros, in the ovenbird family. It was described in 2010 to accommodate four species split from the related genus Asthenes.[1] The genus is endemic to South America

Species

The four species in the genus are:[1]

Genus Pseudasthenes D'Orbigny, 1839 – Four species
Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population
Dusky-tailed canastero

Pseudasthenes humicola
(Kittlitz, 1830)

Three subspecies
  • P. h. humicola (Kittlitz, 1830)
  • P. h. goodalli (Marin, Kiff & Peña, 1989)
  • P. h. polysticta (Hellmayr, 1925)
Chile.
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Patagonian canastero

Pseudasthenes patagonica
(D'Orbigny, 1839)
Argentina
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Steinbach's canastero

Pseudasthenes steinbachi
(Hartert, 1909)
Argentina
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Cactus canastero

Pseudasthenes cactorum
(Koepcke, 1959)
Peru
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References

  1. ^ a b c Derryberry, Elizabeth; Claramunt, Santiago; O’Quin, Kelly E.; Aleixo, Alexandre; Chesser, R. Terry; Remsen, J.V. & Brumfield, Robb T. (2010). "Pseudasthenes, a new genus of ovenbird (Aves: Passeriformes: Furnariidae)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2416: 61–68. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2416.1.4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-30. Retrieved 2014-10-30.