Sharp-billed canastero
Sharp-billed canastero | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Furnariidae |
Genus: | Asthenes |
Species: | A. pyrrholeuca
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Binomial name | |
Asthenes pyrrholeuca (Vieillot, 1817)
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Subspecies | |
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The sharp-billed canastero or lesser canastero (Asthenes pyrrholeuca) is a species of bird in the family Furnariidae, the ovenbirds.
The sharp-billed canastero is a resident breeding species in central and southern Argentina and the eastern border Andean cordillera of Chile; some birds migrate north as far as the southwest border of Paraguay, the southern border region of Bolivia, and western Uruguay, in the austral winter. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland, and temperate grassland. Two subspecies are recognized:
- Asthenes pyrrholeuca pyrrholeuca (Vieillot, 1817) - Argentina
- Asthenes pyrrholeuca sordida (Lesson, 1839) - Chile and Argentina
References[]
- ^ BirdLife International (2017). "Asthenes pyrrholeuca". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T22702487A110867595. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T22702487A110867595.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
External links[]
- Photo gallery - VIREO
- Sounds - xeno-canto
Categories:
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Asthenes
- Birds of Argentina
- Birds of Uruguay
- Birds of Paraguay
- Birds of Bolivia
- Birds of Chile
- Birds described in 1817
- Taxa named by Louis Jean Pierre Vieillot
- Furnariidae stubs