Ovenbirds (Furnariidae)

Berlepsch's Canastero (Asthenes berlepschi) - HBW 8, p. 309

French: Synallaxe de Berlepsch German: Cordillera Real-Canastero Spanish: Canastero de Berlepsch

Taxonomy: Siptornis berlepschi Hellmayr, 1917, Chilcani, La Paz, Bolivia.
Forms a species group, and possibly a superspecies, with A. dorbignyi, probably also with A. steinbachi and A. baeri and possibly with A. patagonica; may be conspecific with A. dorbignyi, with treatment as species based more on historical momentum than on taxonomic analysis. In some aspects of plumage, tail structure, behaviour, voice and nest structure, all are more similar to Phacellodomus (especially P. striaticeps) and possibly better placed in that genus. Monotypic.

Distribution: Consata Valley, in Andes of NW Bolivia (NC La Paz).