Pseudasthenes
| Pseudasthenes | |
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| Dusky-tailed canastero (Pseudasthenes humicola) | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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
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| 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
[edit]The four species in the genus are:[1]
| Common name | Scientific name and subspecies | Range | Size and ecology | IUCN status and estimated population |
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| Dusky-tailed canastero
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Pseudasthenes humicola (Kittlitz, 1830) |
Chile.
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Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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| Patagonian canastero
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Pseudasthenes patagonica (D'Orbigny, 1839) |
Argentina
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Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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| Steinbach's canastero
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Pseudasthenes steinbachi (Hartert, 1909) |
Argentina
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Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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| Cactus canastero
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Pseudasthenes cactorum (Koepcke, 1959) |
Peru
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Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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References
[edit]- ^ 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.
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