Canastero
Canasteros | |
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Austral canastero (Asthenes anthoides) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Furnariidae |
Genus: | Asthenes L. Reichenbach, 1853 |
Species | |
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Synonyms | |
Schizoeaca |
Canasteros and thistletails are small passerine birds of South America belonging to the genus Asthenes. The name "canastero" comes from Spanish and means "basket-maker", referring to the large, domed nests these species make of sticks or grass. They feed on insects and other invertebrates.
Taxonomy
There are 28 species which belong to the genus Asthenes in the ovenbird family Furnariidae. In 2010 four species, the cactus, dusky-tailed, Steinbach's and Patagonian canasteros, were split off into the new genus Pseudasthenes.[1]
Description
They are typically 15–18 cm long and slim with long tails and thin, pointed bills. They are mostly dull and brown in colour but vary in tail pattern and presence of streaking. They have trilling songs.
Distribution and habitat
Most species occur in open country and scrubland in southern South America and the Andes.
Species list
- Perijá thistletail, Asthenes perijana
- White-chinned thistletail, Asthenes fuliginosa
- Vilcabamba thistletail, Asthenes vilcabambae
- Ayacucho thistletail, Asthenes ayacuchensis
- Ochre-browed thistletail, Asthenes coryi
- Mouse-colored thistletail, Asthenes griseomurina
- Eye-ringed thistletail, Asthenes palpebralis
- Puna thistletail, Asthenes helleri
- Black-throated thistletail, Asthenes harterti
- Itatiaia spinetail, Asthenes moreirae
- Sharp-billed canastero, Asthenes pyrrholeuca
- Short-billed canastero, Asthenes baeri
- Canyon canastero, Asthenes pudibunda
- Rusty-fronted canastero, Asthenes ottonis
- Maquis canastero canastero, Asthenes heterura
- Cordilleran canastero, Asthenes modesta
- Streak-throated canastero, Asthenes humilis
- Rusty-vented Canastero, Asthenes dorbignyi
- Berlepsch's canastero, Asthenes berlepschi
- Cipo canastero, Asthenes luizae
- Streak-backed canastero, Asthenes wyatti
- Puna canastero, Asthenes sclateri
- Austral canastero, Asthenes anthoides
- Hudson's canastero, Asthenes hudsoni
- Line-fronted canastero, Asthenes urubambensis
- Many-striped canastero, Asthenes flammulata
- Junín canastero, Asthenes virgata
- Scribble-tailed canastero, Asthenes maculicauda
References
- ↑ 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.
Wikispecies has information related to: Asthenes |
- Jaramillo, Alvaro; Burke, Peter & Beadle, David (2003) Field Guide to the Birds of Chile, Christopher Helm, London
- South American Classification Committee (2007) A classification of the bird species of South America, part 6. Retrieved 17/07/07.